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{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1967)}}
{{Other people|David Matthews}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dave Matthews
| image             = Dave Matthews in Concert (43501212971).jpg
| caption           = Matthews performing in 2018
| birth_name        = David John Matthews
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|1|9}}
| birth_place       = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
}}
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Acoustic rock]]
* [[jazz rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[blues rock]]
* [[roots rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|record producer|political activist}}
| years_active      = 1990s–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* [[Sony Music|Sony]]
}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Dave Matthews Band]]
* Dave Matthews & Friends
* [[Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|davematthewsband.com}}
}}

'''David John Matthews''' (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician and the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the [[Dave Matthews Band]] (DMB). 

Matthews was born in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559986/ |title=Dave Matthews |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=2016-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102014522/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559986/ |archive-date=November 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/dave-matthews-9542554 |title=Dave Matthews |access-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415080745/http://www.biography.com/people/dave-matthews-9542554 |archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States while growing up. He started playing [[acoustic guitar]] at the age of nine. 

From 1991 to 2003, Matthews predominantly focused on songwriting and performing with the Dave Matthews Band, which he started in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. He also has done various solo performances and produced other records. During the period from 2000 to 2010, his band toured constantly, selling more tickets and earning more money than any other act in North America.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Randy |title=Dave Matthews Band rocks to the top in concert revenue |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-19-la-et-touring19-2009dec19-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=19 December 2009 }}</ref> The band's 2012 album ''[[Away from the World]]'' made them the only group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one on the ''Billboard'' charts. This record was extended to seven consecutive number one albums with the 2018 release, ''[[Come Tomorrow (album)|Come Tomorrow]].''

In addition to music, Matthews has had multiple acting roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559986/?ref_=nv_sr_1#actor |website=IMDb |access-date=2016-06-27 |title=Dave Matthews: Actor}}</ref> He has also won two Grammy Awards: one with the Dave Matthews Band in 1997 for [[Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group]] ("[[So Much to Say]]") and one in 2004 for [[Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] ("[[Gravedigger (song)|Gravedigger]]") from his solo album.

==Early life==
David John Matthews was born on January 9, 1967 in [[Johannesburg]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martell |first=Nevin |title=Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |year=1999 |isbn=9780671035440 |pages=3}}</ref> the third of four children born to South African parents, John and Val Matthews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burdick |first=Debi |date=2019-01-14 |title=How Dave Matthews gives back to his hometown of Charlottesville • Red Light Management |url=https://www.redlightmanagement.com/how-dave-matthews-gives-back-to-his-hometown-of-charlottesville/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Red Light Management}}</ref> At age two, Matthews moved with his family to [[Yorktown Heights|Yorktown Heights, New York]], where his father, a physicist, started working for [[IBM]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Nevin |last=Martell |title=The Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People |edition=revised |location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster |date=2004 |pages=3–4 |isbn=0-7434-9382-6 |oclc=762211281 }}</ref>

In 1974, the Matthews family moved to [[Cambridge, England]], for a year, then returned to New York, where his father died from lung cancer in 1977 when Matthews was ten years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=KC |date=2008-09-11 |title=Julia Roberts and Dave Matthews Rock Out for Cancer Concert |url=https://people.com/celebrity/julia-roberts-and-dave-matthews-rock-out-for-cancer-concert/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> At some point, while residing in New York, Matthews attended his first concert, when his mother took him to a performance by [[Pete Seeger]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gardner |first=Elysa |url=http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=jconline&sParam=34946928.story |title=Jconline – Postcard from the road: Pete Seeger's all-star hootenanny |publisher=Content.usatoday.net |access-date=2012-04-15}}</ref> The family returned to Johannesburg in 1977.<ref name=nyt/>

Matthews naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Les |title=Dave Matthews To Be Monticello Naturalization Speaker |url=https://wina.com/local/dave-matthews-to-be-monticello-naturalization-speaker/ |website=Newsradio WINA |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

Upon Matthews's graduation from secondary school in 1985, he was faced with [[conscription]] into the South African military just as [[End Conscription Campaign|civil disobedience]] to the practice was becoming widespread.<ref>At Ease, ECC newsletter, May 1986, cited in {{cite book |first=Jacklyn |last=Cock |title=Colonels and Cadres: War and Gender in South Africa |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1991 |page=81 |isbn=0-19-570706-0 |oclc=925251407 }}</ref> As a [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] (and consequently pacifist), Matthews left South Africa to avoid service.<ref name=CNN>Whitefield, Fredricka (2005). [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/14/pitn.01.html "Profiles of U2 and The Dave Matthews Band"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185632/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/14/pitn.01.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} CNN.com (accessed May 3, 2006)</ref>

Matthews moved to New York in 1986 where he worked for [[IBM]] for a short time,<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/31/arts/pop-jazz-a-band-that-built-a-career-from-the-ground-up.html?pagewanted=2 |title=POP/JAZZ; A Band That Built a Career From the Ground Up |work=The New York Times |date=May 31, 1998 |access-date=2013-12-04}}</ref> then joined his mother that same year in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], a town Matthews's family had lived in before he was born.<ref name=nyt/> In Charlottesville, he became part of the local music community, rehearsing in a warehouse owned by [[Roulhac Toledano]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Roulhac Toledano (2014) | date=July 4, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiKwWKfKXeU&t=1h8m |access-date=2024-03-07 |language=en}}</ref> Although Matthews had started playing the guitar at age nine, it was only in Charlottesville that he started performing publicly.<ref name=nyt/> Matthews met local star (and future collaborator) [[Tim Reynolds]] through mutual friend, Nic Cappon. In time, Reynolds had Matthews join him on stage, and Matthews was persuaded to record some of his own songs.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=VH1>[http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/driven/74427/episode_about.jhtml "Driven: Dave Matthews&nbsp;– About the Episode"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211174015/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/driven/74427/episode_about.jhtml |date=December 11, 2004}} VH1.com (accessed May 4, 2006)</ref> This led to his first professional musical gig at a [[modern dance]] performance by the ''Miki Liszt Dance Company'', based at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, singing "Meaningful Love", composed by [[John D'earth]] and Dawn Thompson.<ref name=nancies>{{cite web|url=http://nancies.org/articles/010110a.shtml |title=Interview With Greg Howard |publisher=nancies.org |access-date=2012-12-17}}</ref> In 1991, he hatched the idea to form his own band.<ref name=nyt/> Before recording his first demo, Matthews bartended at Miller's in Charlottesville.<ref name=ProQuest1194320>{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|1194320}} |last1=Scaggs |first1=Austin |title=The Music Q&A: Dave Matthews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=13 November 2003 |page=34 }}</ref>

== Formation of Dave Matthews Band ==
[[File:Dave Matthews Matters.ogg|thumb|right|Matthews discussing ''[[Before These Crowded Streets]]'' in 1998]]
After writing his first few songs, including "I'll Back You Up", "The Song That Jane Likes" and "Recently", Matthews formed [[Dave Matthews Band]] in early 1991 with [[LeRoi Moore]], [[Carter Beauford]], [[Stefan Lessard]], [[Peter Griesar]] (who left the band in 1993), and [[Boyd Tinsley]] while working at Miller's as a bartender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNerthney |first=Casey |date=2017-08-18 |title=Seattle resident Dave Matthews responds to violence in Charlottesville, where band started |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-resident-dave-matthews-responds-to-violence-in-charlottesville-where-band-started/594816407/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref> The band's first show was on March 14, 1991, as part of a benefit for the [[Middle East Children's Alliance]] at [[Trax Nightclub]] in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Matthews's older sister Anne, who lived in South Africa, was murdered by her husband in early 1994. Her husband then died by suicide on or around January 27 of that year.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16Htyr5v1N0C&pg=PA20 |title=Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People, Revised and Updated – Nevin Martell – Google Boeken |access-date=2012-12-17|isbn=9780743493826 |last1=Martell |first1=Nevin |date=June 15, 2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> The event had a profound effect on Matthews's outlook on life and was referenced in a few of his songs. On January 29, 1994, he performed with [[Tim Reynolds]] at [[the Wetlands]] in New York, where he dedicated that performance "to her [Anne's] memory". Dave Matthews Band's ''[[Under the Table and Dreaming]]'', released later that year, was dedicated to her.<ref name="books.google.com"/> Anne Matthews was survived by her two children, and they traveled to the United States following her death. Dave and his younger sister Jane (after whom the Dave Matthews Band song "The Song That Jane Likes" is named) took responsibility for the children's upbringing.<ref name="books.google.com"/>

== Other musical work==
[[File:TATM DMB 1998 - picture 1.jpg|thumb|[[Toots and the Maytals]] with Dave Matthews when performing together in 1998]]
[[File:DaveMatthewsTimReynoldsAmherst2007.jpg|thumb|L to R: Reynolds and Matthews in 2007 performing in Amherst, Massachusetts, in one of many acoustic shows the two play as a duo]] 
Matthews focused primarily on songwriting and performances with [[Dave Matthews Band]] from 1990 to 2003. The band's sound blends acoustic guitar, bass, saxophone, drums and violin. In 1994, DMB signed with [[RCA Records]].<ref name=ProQuest1194320/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Colapinto |first1=John|author-link1=John Colapinto |title=The Salvation of Dave Matthews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=15 March 2001 |pages=46–49, 51, 88–89 |id={{ProQuest|1192512}} |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-salvation-of-dave-matthews-85267/ }}</ref> Since that period, he has occasionally ventured outside the band in various solo performances and records.
Matthews sang on the track "Sing Along" on [[Blue Man Group]]'s second album ''[[The Complex (album)|The Complex]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blueman.com/about/faqs |title=Blue Man FAQs |access-date=March 6, 2009 |quote="Sing Along," a track from The Complex, featuring Dave Matthews on vocals, is Blue Man Group's first music video. |publisher=Blue Man Productions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201173936/http://www.blueman.com/about/faqs |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that year he released the solo album ''[[Some Devil]]'', which went [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]]; its single "[[Gravedigger (song)|Gravedigger]]" won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |title=Gold and Platinum |access-date=March 6, 2009 |archive-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222140535/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> To support the album, Matthews toured with a group of musicians (many of whom performed on "Some Devil") under the name [[Dave Matthews & Friends]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/5583.html |title=Dave Matthews links up with Trey Anastasio, others for winter tour |publisher=Live Daily |date=October 7, 2003 |access-date=March 6, 2009 |quote=Joining Matthews on the outing are Trey Anastasio, [[Brady Blade]], Tony Hall, [[Ray Paczkowski]] and Tim Reynolds.... Late last month, Matthews released ''Some Devil''; his first solo set. Anastasio, Hall and Blade all appear on the album. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907001716/http://livedaily.com/news/5583.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-forms-supergroup-with-jakob-dylan-20131216 |title=Dave Matthews Forms Supergroup with Jakob Dylan |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |quote=In late 2013, it was announced that Dave Matthews was part of a music project called [[The Nauts]]. Matthews, along with [[Jakob Dylan]], [[Brady Blade]], [[Charlie Sexton]] and his brother Bill are self producing their debut album at the Blade Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217062935/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-forms-supergroup-with-jakob-dylan-20131216 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dave often collaborates with banjoist [[Béla Fleck]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kahn |first1=Andy |title=Bela Fleck Joins Dave Matthews Band For 'Friend Of The Devil' In 2015 |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/bela-fleck-joins-dave-matthews-band-friend-devil-2015 |work=JamBase |date=4 July 2016 }}</ref> Fleck is the [[frontman]] and namesake of [[Béla Fleck and the Flecktones]]; Matthews appears as guest vocalist with the band on their 1998 release, ''[[Left of Cool]]''. Both Fleck and the Flecktones' bassist [[Victor Wooten]] have made numerous live appearances and in studio with the Dave Matthews Band. Wooten soloed in the second part of the [[Daniel Lanois]] song "The Maker", and also in "[[41 (song)|#41]]" on the 1998 live album ''[[Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center|Live in Chicago]]''. The Flecktones also opened for DMB on several tours. Matthews performed a duet with [[Emmylou Harris]] on "My Antonia" on her 2000 album ''[[Red Dirt Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Harris, Emmylou |title=Red Dirt Girl |url=http://www.emmylou.net/reddirtgirl.html |access-date=May 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318131612/http://emmylou.net/reddirtgirl.html |archive-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref> They also appeared together on the musical television show ''[[CMT Crossroads]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_crossroads/77097/episode_about.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040211103114/http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_crossroads/77097/episode_about.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 11, 2004 |title=Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris |publisher=Country Music Television, Inc. |access-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref> where the two performed Matthews's "[[Gravedigger (song)|Gravedigger]]" and the folk song "[[Long Black Veil (song)|Long Black Veil]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Betts |first1=Stephen L. |title=Watch Dave Matthews Duet With Emmylou Harris |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-dave-matthews-salutes-cash-in-haunting-duet-with-emmylou-harris-44531/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=9 January 2015 }}</ref>

Matthews played a cover of [[Neil Young]]'s song "[[The Needle and the Damage Done]]" at the 2010 tribute [[MusiCares Person of the Year]], honoring Young on January 29, 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Halperin |first1=Shirley |title=Neil Young Honored by Wilco, Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews and More at MusiCares Gala |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-honored-by-wilco-chili-peppers-dave-matthews-and-more-at-musicares-gala-80051/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=30 January 2010 }}</ref>

==Acting==
Before he was known as a musician, Dave Matthews was an amateur actor, appearing onstage in several productions at Charlottesville's [[Offstage Theatre]] and Live Arts theater<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/happy-birthday-dave-matthews-6430882|title=Happy Birthday, Dave Matthews!|last=Zimmerman|first=Lee|date=2012-01-09|website=New Times Broward-Palm Beach|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref> in the early 1990s; the role for which he is best remembered is as a used car salesman in Offstage Theatre's "Just Say No," directed by John Quinn, co-starring Kylie Suture.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delancey |first1=Morgan |title=The Dave Matthews Band: Step Into the Light |date=2001 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-55022-443-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/davematthewsband00morg_0/page/25 25] |url=https://archive.org/details/davematthewsband00morg_0 |url-access=registration |access-date=23 April 2017 }}</ref> He played Will Coleman in the 2003 adaptation of the novel ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192788/|title=Where the Red Fern Grows |access-date=October 12, 2008|work=IMDb|date=May 3, 2003 }}</ref> In 2005, he played in ''[[Because of Winn-Dixie (film)|Because of Winn-Dixie]]'' as Otis, a man who works at a pet store and plays guitar.
In 2007, Matthews appeared briefly in the movie ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]]'', where he plays a homosexual salesman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762107/|title= I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry|access-date=October 12, 2008|work=IMDb |date= July 20, 2007}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared in the [[Adam Sandler]] movie ''[[You Don't Mess with the Zohan]]'' as a racist redneck character named James.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960144/|title= You Don't Mess with the Zohan|access-date=October 12, 2008 |work=IMDb}}</ref> He also had a significant role in ''[[Lake City (film)|Lake City]]'' with [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Troy Garity]], in which he portrays the character Red.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875705/|title=Lake City |access-date=October 12, 2008 |work=IMDb|date=April 25, 2008 }}</ref> 

In 2007, Matthews guest-starred in the medical-drama series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' in the episode "[[Half-Wit (House)|Half-Wit]]". He played a piano-playing musical [[savant syndrome|savant]] who had the two hemispheres of his brain severed from each other in order to recover from his epilepsy, but at the expense of his musical abilities. Dave had a piano double for the complex pieces, but played the simpler pieces himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truveo.com/House-House-Plays-The-Piano-WIth-Dave-Matthews/id/2336433882|title=Inside House: Hugh Laurie and Dave Matthews Play Piano|access-date=November 10, 2008|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010145612/http://www.truveo.com/House-House-Plays-The-Piano-WIth-Dave-Matthews/id/2336433882|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[House (season 1)|season one]] episode of ''House'', "[[Love Hurts (House)|Love Hurts]]", the song "[[Some Devil]]" can be heard playing at the end. In another episode, one of the tracks from [[Stand Up (Dave Matthews Band album)|''Stand Up'']], "[[Stand Up (Dave Matthews Band album)|You Might Die Trying]]" was played in the [[House (season 5)|season five]] episode, "[[Not Cancer]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942528/|title="House M.D." Half-Wit 
|access-date=October 12, 2008|work=IMDb|date=March 6, 2007 
}}</ref>

Matthews was also a cast member and performer in the popular music documentary ''[[Before the Music Dies]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0760307/|title=''Before the Music Dies'' (2006) |website=IMDb |access-date=2012-12-17|url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409133025/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0760307/}}</ref>

==Other activities==
In 1999, Matthews purchased more than 10 acres of land in Albemarle County, Virginia, known as Blenheim Farm, to preserve its historical significance. He later decided to plant grapes on the property, since it is located within both the Virginia and [[Monticello]] [[viticultural]] areas. Blenheim Vineyards was founded in 2000, and currently produces 5,500 cases of wine per year, including its signature [[Petit Verdot]] and several special edition wines that have featured unique labels with drawings by Matthews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blenheimvineyards.com/ |title=Blenheim Vineyards |publisher=Blenheim Vineyards |access-date=2013-12-04}}</ref>

In 2011, Matthews collaborated with wine makers Steve Reeder and Sean McKenzie in creating the [[Dreaming Tree Wines]].<ref name="Spec">{{cite web |url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/45850 |title=Unfiltered: Dave Matthews' Wine Dream |publisher=[[Wine Spectator]] |date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Huff">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/wine-taste-test_n_1022810.html#s423709&title=Dave_Matthews_Dreaming |title=Wine Taste Test: How Do Dave Matthews, Banana Republic And More Branded Wines Stack Up? |publisher=Huffington Post |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Zimbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Dave+Matthews/articles/6ddk1HSz6Mg/Alcohol+Dave+Matthews+Wine |title=Alcohol: Dave Matthews Wine? |publisher=Zimbio |date=February 1, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009002257/http://www.zimbio.com/Dave+Matthews/articles/6ddk1HSz6Mg/Alcohol+Dave+Matthews+Wine |archive-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2012, Matthews was credited as producer on the documentary ''Last Call at the Oasis'', directed by [[Jessica Yu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.documentarychannel.com/post/10519205084/ato-pictures-to-distribute-must-see-doc-last-call-at |title=ATO Pictures to Distribute Must-See Doc 'Last Call at the Oasis' |publisher=Blog.documentarychannel.com |access-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617051943/http://blog.documentarychannel.com/post/10519205084/ato-pictures-to-distribute-must-see-doc-last-call-at |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In early 2013, Matthews participated in a jam session at Blade Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana, with [[Jakob Dylan]], [[Charlie Sexton]], Blade studios co-owner [[Brady Blade]], and Sexton's brother Will. This led to the formation of a band named The Nauts with Matthews, Dylan, Blade, and the Sexton brothers as members.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-forms-supergroup-with-jakob-dylan-20131216 |title=Dave Matthews Heads New Supergroup with Jakob Dylan |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217062935/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-forms-supergroup-with-jakob-dylan-20131216 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On May 16, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine, Matthews appeared streaming on the virtual graduation ceremonies for the University of Virginia. He wished students his best and said "it is now your small opportunity to make the world a better place, as you see fit." He then sang the song "Singing from the Windows".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Caroline |title=Virtual Celebration Honors Grads with Surprise Performances, Poignant Reflections |url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/virtual-celebration-honors-grads-surprise-performances-poignant-reflections |work=UVA Today |date=16 May 2020 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dave Matthews married longtime girlfriend Jennifer Ashley Harper in 2000. They have twin daughters born in 2001, and a son born in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dmband.com/news/view/cb3b7a7e7b6d5086bee55ac0624874dd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711002749/http://www.dmband.com/news/view/cb3b7a7e7b6d5086bee55ac0624874dd |archive-date=July 11, 2007 |title=Congratulations to Dave and Ashley! |date=July 2, 2007 |work=The Official Dave Matthews Band Website }}</ref> They reside in [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Allison |title=The Sainthood of Dave Matthews Has Been Indefinitely Postponed |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2018/11/20/the-sainthood-of-dave-matthews-has-been-indefinitely-postponed |website=Seattle Met |access-date=2 June 2019 |date=20 November 2018 |quote=Though the band formed in a Virginia college town back in 1991, Dave Matthews has been a Seattle resident since Bush II’s first term.}}</ref> In a 2001 interview, Matthews stated that he was [[agnostic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Dave_Matthews |title=Dave Matthews – Celebrity Atheist List |publisher=Celebatheists.com |access-date=2012-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010140158/http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Dave_Matthews |archive-date=October 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  He joined the [[Farm Aid]] board of directors in 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Farm Aid|url=https://www.farmaid.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Farm Aid}}</ref> to serve alongside fellow musicians [[Willie Nelson]], [[John Mellencamp]] and [[Neil Young]] to raise money for family farmers in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723677/k.961B/Board_and_Staff.htm |title=Board and Staff |publisher=Farm Aid |access-date=2012-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805233850/http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723677/k.961B/Board_and_Staff.htm |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref>

===Political activism===
Matthews supported [[Barack Obama]] for president in 2008, both in the primaries and in the general election.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bates, Eric|date=April 17, 2008|title=Dave Matthews Speaks Out for Barack Obama |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20093048/dave_matthews_speaks_out_for_barack_obama?source=music_news_rssfeed|access-date=September 7, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408192456/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20093048/dave_matthews_speaks_out_for_barack_obama?source=music_news_rssfeed |website=RollingStone}}</ref> On April 6, 2008, he and Tim Reynolds played a concert titled "Change Rocks"<ref name="Change Rocks">{{cite web|title=Change Rocks: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds to Perform Special Show in Support of Barack Obama|last1=Matthews |first1=Dave|last2=Reynolds|first2=Tim |date=April 2, 2008|website=Official Dave Matthews Website |url=http://www.davematthewsband.com/news/view/7609326981d081ac5a758b04ad0b30fd|access-date=February 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006104813/http://davematthewsband.com/news/view/7609326981d081ac5a758b04ad0b30fd}}</ref> at Indiana University to encourage students to register to vote. The tickets were distributed by the Obama campaign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Matthews at Indiana University |date=April 6, 2008 |website=my.barackobama.com |url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/indavematthews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226012250/http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/indavematthews |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-04-15}}</ref> Questions regarding his citizenship were answered by advertisements and videos on YouTube, where he says he is a "real American" and a "real Virginian," stating that "real Virginians get out and vote."<ref name="Citizen">{{cite web |title=Dave Matthews for Obama | date=October 28, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEhOpdkHo_g |access-date=2012-12-17 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/BEhOpdkHo_g|archive-date=2021-11-07 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Although bereaved by the loss of band co-founder and saxophonist [[LeRoi Moore]] on August 19, 2008, he and [[Tim Reynolds]] played for the [[Democratic National Convention]] delegates on Sunday, August 24 at Red Rocks.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goodin|first1=Emily|title=Sunday, August 24|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/1436-sunday-august-24/|website=The Hill|access-date=23 April 2017|date=15 August 2008|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118101203/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/1627-sunday-august-24|url-status=live}}</ref> 

On September 21, 2009, Matthews stated that some of Obama's harsher critics were motivated by racism, and stated that he "sees it [racism] everywhere" in the United States.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/21/qa.dave.matthews/index.html | title=U.S. racism 'everywhere,' says Dave Matthews  | website=[[CNN]] | access-date=May 1, 2010 | date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> Matthews is also a strong supporter of [[gay rights]] and participated in "Love Unites Shepard Fairey Equality Project", a gay marriage advocacy project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eddins|first=Andrew|title=Voice for Equality: Dave Matthews|date=December 22, 2009|url=http://straighttalkonmarriage.blogspot.com/2009/12/voice-for-equality-dave-matthews.html|access-date=2009-12-22|website=straighttalkonmarriage.blogspot.com}}</ref>

On May 10, 2012, Matthews entertained a sellout crowd at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle where Obama was hosting a campaign fundraiser.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seattlegayscene.com/2012/04/president-obama-dave-matthews-to-rock-out-at-the-paramount-on-may-10/|title=President Obama & Dave Matthews to "rock out" at The Paramount on May 10 |work=Seattle Gay Scene |author=<!--Not stated-->|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>

In a September 28, 2015, interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Matthews said that "when I hear someone like [[Bernie Sanders]] talking, I think there's a hope."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hyman|first=Dan|title=Dave Matthews Talks Bernie Sanders, New Album, His Guitar Hero|date=September 28, 2015|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-talks-bernie-sanders-new-album-his-guitar-hero-20150928|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116195341/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-matthews-talks-bernie-sanders-new-album-his-guitar-hero-20150928|url-status=dead}}</ref> Matthews performed at a San Francisco rally for Sanders during the 2016 presidential primaries and later, during the general election campaign. He was a major donor to the 2017 gubernatorial campaign of progressive Charlottesville politician [[Tom Perriello]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vpap.org/candidates/105435/top_donors/|title=vpap.org. Tom Perriello: Top Donors|access-date=June 2, 2017|archive-date=June 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605064939/http://www.vpap.org/candidates/105435/top_donors/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On October 30, 2021, Matthews performed at a Democratic get out the vote event in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] with gubernatorial candidate [[Terry McAuliffe]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Dave Matthews to perform at free event for Terry McAuliffe in Charlottesville |url=https://www.nbc12.com/2021/10/20/dave-matthews-perform-free-event-terry-mcauliffe-charlottesville/ |website=NBC12.com |date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Dave Matthews to join Terry McAuliffe in Charlottesville for get-out-the-vote rally |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-virginia-governor-dave-matthews-20211024-zky5kgui3zcafdw3irfwenojom-story.html |website=Virginian Pilot |date=October 24, 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> During the 2022 election campaign, Matthews performed at campaign events for Democratic candidates [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] in Ohio and [[John Fetterman]] in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Thousands turn out for Tim Ryan rally featuring Dave Matthews concert |url=https://news.wosu.org/2022-10-25/free-concert-for-tim-ryan-starts-final-two-weeks-of-campaigning-in-close-ohio-us-senate-race |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=WOSU News |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and accolades==

===Rock and Roll Hall of Fame===
The Dave Matthews Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. 

===Grammy Awards===
* [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997]]: [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group]] – "[[So Much to Say]]", Dave Matthews Band
* [[46th Annual Grammy Awards|2004]]: [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] – "[[Gravedigger (song)|Gravedigger]]", Dave Matthews

===ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards===
*Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture – "Where Are You Going" (for ''[[Mr. Deeds]]'')
*Dave Matthews was awarded D.M.A. ''honoris causa'' by Haverford College on May 15, 2005.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.haverford.edu/publicrelations/news/dmatthews.htm |title=Haverford College News |publisher=Haverford.edu |date=February 18, 2005 |access-date=2012-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910023828/http://www.haverford.edu/publicrelations/news/dmatthews.htm |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2002: Matthews was the recipient of the Orville Gibson Award for Best Acoustic Guitarist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.u2.com/news/article/788/|title=Adam, Edge, U2 Sweep Gibson Guitar Awards|website=www.u2.com|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{See also|Dave Matthews Band discography}}
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===Studio albums===

* ''[[Under the Table and Dreaming]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Before These Crowded Streets]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)|Everyday]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Busted Stuff]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Some Devil]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Stand Up (Dave Matthews Band album)|Stand Up]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Tribe of Heaven#Imagine We Were|Imagine We Were]]'' (2005)&nbsp;– as [[Tribe of Heaven]]; originally recorded in 1989
* ''[[Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Away from the World]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Come Tomorrow (album)|Come Tomorrow]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Walk Around the Moon]]'' (2023)

===Live solo albums===
* ''Live at Sweet Briar College'' (2016); originally recorded in 1996

===Digital downloads===
Two shows have been released as part of the Dave Matthews Band's ''[[Dave Matthews Band discography#DMBlive series|DMBlive series]]'' available only for online download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davematthewsband.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=1_5575_15755&page=0 |title=DMBLive Series |publisher=Davematthewsband.shop.musictoday.com |access-date=2013-12-04}}</ref>

* Dave Matthews Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA (October 24, 2002) – 2008
* Dave Matthews China Club, NYC (01/09/2004) – 2008

===Live albums with Tim Reynolds===
* ''[[Live at Luther College]]'' – (1999)
* ''[[Live at Radio City]]'' – (2007)
* ''DMBLive. Prism Coffeehouse, Charlottesville, VA (04.22.1993)'' – (2008)
* ''DMBLive. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (03.29.2003)'' – (2008)
* ''[[Live in Las Vegas (Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds album)|Live in Las Vegas]]'' – (2010)
* ''Live Trax Vol. 23 Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, NH (02.19.96)'' – (2012)
* ''Live Trax Vol. 24 Spartanburg Memorial, Spartanburg, SC (02.08.97)'' – (2012)
* ''DMBLive. Memphis, Richmond, VA (06.13.1993)'' – (2012)
* ''DMBLive. J.T. Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, UT (03.03.1999)'' – (2014)
* ''Live Trax Vol. 41 Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA (03.13.99)'' – (2017)
* ''Live Trax Vol. 48 The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA (08.25.94)'' – (2019)
* ''Live Trax Vol. 49 Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY, (06.18.19)'' – (2019)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="3"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[Alternative Songs|US Mod]]
! style="width:35px;"| [[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|US Adult]]
! style="width:35px;"| [[Pop 100|US Pop]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Gravedigger (song)|Gravedigger]]"
| 35
| 35
|&nbsp;—
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''[[Some Devil]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Save Me"
|&nbsp;—
| 26
|&nbsp;—
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| "Oh"
|&nbsp;—
|&nbsp;—
|&nbsp;—
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Eh Hee]]"
|&nbsp;—
|&nbsp;—
| 73
| style="text-align:left;"| Non-album single
|-
|2024
|"Pretty Bird"
|&nbsp;—
|&nbsp;—
|&nbsp;—
|Non-album single
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===Guest singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Artist
! colspan="3"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:45px;"| <small>US Country</small>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]</small>
|-
| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[I'm Alive (Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews song)|I'm Alive]]"<sup>A</sup>
| [[Kenny Chesney]]
| 6
| 32
| 73
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Greatest Hits II (Kenny Chesney album)|Greatest Hits II]]''
|}

*<sup>A</sup> "I What What" charted as an album cut in 2008 before being released as a single in 2009

==Videography==
===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''Live at Radio City''
|
* Released: 2007
* Label: RCA / BMG
* Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
|-
|}

===Collaborations===
*"Eleanor" and "See Jane" (1994), off the [[Shannon Worrell]] album ''Three Wishes''
*"Communication" and "Trouble and Strife" (1998), off the [[Béla Fleck and the Flecktones]] album ''[[Left of Cool]]''
*"Love Of My Life" (1999), off the [[Santana (band)|Santana]] album ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)]]''
*"My Antonia" (2000) off the Emmylou Harris studio album ''Red Dirt Girl'', where Dave duets with Emmylou on her composition
*"For You" (2002) off the ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' soundtrack with [[Johnny Cash]]
*"Iwoya" (2002) off the [[Angélique Kidjo]] album ''Black Ivory Soul''
*"Joyful Girl" (2002) off the [[Soulive]] album ''Next''
*"Sing Along" (2003) off the [[Blue Man Group]] album ''[[The Complex (album)|The Complex]]'' with music video
*"Tremendous Brunettes" (2005) off the [[Mike Doughty]] album ''[[Haughty Melodic]]''
*"Love Is The Only Way" (2006) off the [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band]] album ''[[Colorblind (Robert Randolph album)|Colorblind]]''
*"Work It Out" produced by [[DJ Nu-Mark]] (2006) off the [[Jurassic 5]] album ''[[Feedback (Jurassic 5 album)|Feedback]]''
*"Fat Man in the Bathtub" (2008) off the [[Little Feat]] album "[[Join the Band (Little Feat album)|Join the Band]]"
*"I'm Alive" (2008) off the [[Kenny Chesney]] album ''[[Lucky Old Sun]]''
*"Mamma Boulet" (2008) off the [[David Grant (singer)|Dave Grant]] album ''[[Bubbalon by Bass]]''
*"Caveman", "Sleep" & "Overdue" (2009) off the [[Danny Barnes (musician)|Danny Barnes]] album ''Pizza Box''
*"Tomorrow Never Knows" (2010), off the [[Herbie Hancock]] album ''[[The Imagine Project]]''
*"You Should Know Me", "Oh, Bangladesh" & "And He Slayed Her" (2010) off the [[Liz Phair]] album ''[[Funstyle]]''
*"All the Same"(2011) off the [[Vieux Farka Touré]] album – The Secret
*"[[A Pirate Looks at Forty]]" (2012) with [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]] and [[Tim Reynolds]], off the live album ''[[Jack Johnson and Friends – Best of Kokua Festival]]''
*"Walk of Shame" (2012) with [[Jimmy Fallon]], off the comedy album ''[[Blow Your Pants Off]]''
*"Take Me to Tomorrow" (2013) off the [[John Denver]] tribute album – The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
*"Forsaken Savior" (2013) off the [[Gov't Mule]] album ''[[Shout! (Gov't Mule album)|Shout!]]''
*"Sweetheart" (2018), off the [[Sarah White]] album "High Flyer"

==See also==
*[[List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards]]

==References==
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==External links==
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