Dave Mathews Band Research Paper

Dave Mathews Band has been successful in engaging their fans with riveting performances for the past 21 years and counting. No matter what the measuring scale is, they have always been able to give their fans an infatuated performance. Dave Mathews Band epitomizes an American Rock band. It started in the early 90’s with an eclectic mix of musicians complementing to the enthused version of music. The band was initially led by Dave Mathews- the song writer, vocalist and guitarist, Carter Beauford- back vocalist and drummer, Steffan Lessard-bassist, Leroi Moore- saxophonist and Boyd Tinsley-violinist but after the death of Leroi Moore in 2008, Bela Fleck and The Fleck Stones filled his spot. After their first performance at Trax Night Club and

gig at a private party in Charloletsville, the band with its distinct cadence of music started to gain unpredictably exceptional reputation. Dave Matthews Band had the grand privilege to get nominated 14 times for Grammy and won the GRAMMY Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance for “So Much To Say” in 1997. The band launched its first album ‘Remember Two Things’ in 1993. The album struck as the top independent entry on the college charts.
The band in full swing performed all across the country.

Whilst startling and exciting audience with music, the band launched its first studio album ‘Under The Table Dreaming’ which has been certified six times Platinum. With an auspicious start, DMB received its first Grammy nomination in 1996 for ‘What Would You Say’ for the Best Vocal Performance and Best Music Video. Crash debuted at number two on The Billboard 200. “Too Much” was among the Top 5 hit songs at the Modern Rock radio. It was the first song in a succession of singles from the album. The overwhelming success of Live combined with tremendous touring achievements; The Band grew from grass roots to one of the hottest bands in

America.
The Titanic soundtrack remained on top charts of Billboard 200 at #1 before it was knocked down by ‘Before These Crowded Streets’ that was released in April 1998. Various magazines began endorsing the band including Rolling Stone which admired the band for bringing in exciting novel directions. “Don’t Drink the Water,” “Crush” and “Stay” are one of the best hit singles, which have been given a certification of triple Platinum.
The band’s September 11 concert at New Jersey was captured and an album was conjured.

The video sold over a million copies. The band spent most of the year 2000 touring and ended as the year’s top-grossing rock band in US. DMB introduced sold-out audiences to songs from ‘Everyday’, released in February, 2001 and debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200.

During 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the band commenced the Hallmark Olympics Celebration series of concerts. It performed “The Space Between,” which got nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance at the GRAMMY Awards for the same year.

In their summer tour of 2003, they performed for more than 100,000+fans and raised $2 million for public education and parks in NYC. They also assisted creating The New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village by donating $1.5 million. One of band’s hit songs, “Gravedigger,” was entitled with a GRAMMY Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. After the huge success of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King which was debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, Dave Mathews Band became the second band in chart history to attain five consecutive studio albums reach over the top chart.

The pop culture magazine Rolling Stone commended the album ‘Away From the World’ as one of the best albums. In addition to this, they conquered a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the “50 Greatest Live Acts Right

Now’’.
As a celebration of its 20th anniversary, DMB Caravan was conceived which followed a series of three day festivals featuring a varied display of musical performances. “Mercy” became a #1 hit at Triple A radio and the video enclosed contributions from 14,334 fans. In the spring, Dave Matthews Band headlined Jazz Fest in New Orleans.
The band continues to excite and galvanize their audiences with more performances. They will be performing acoustically and electronically with the plethora of musicians in the year 2015. For all the DMB fans and music lovers out there, they are coming again with an ever enchanting aroma. The Live Music business is predicting a big splash. So grab your hands on the tickets before it gets too late!