Dave Matthews Band FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Popular Jam Band

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Overview

Dave Matthews Band celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2016, a milestone few bands achieve. How did the group build and retain an audience so devoted that they stuck with DMB through more than a quarter century? Dave Matthews Band FAQ answers this question and many more, exploring the group’s history in detail from a variety of angles. Natives of the college rock circuit of the southern Atlantic seaboard, DMB became part of a close-knit group of similarly minded jam bands that spread across the USA during the 1990s. Thanks to a grassroots following that eagerly traded tapes of live DMB shows, the band cultivated a dedicated fan base that crossed over into the mainstream.

Dave Matthews Band FAQ traces this evolution, documenting the culture of Charlottesville, Virginia, at the dawn of the ’90s, detailing the group’s peers and examining their catalog, both live and studio, in detail. Collectively, these chapters explain everything there is to know about the most popular jam band in history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493050888
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/12/2019
Series:	FAQ
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a Senior Editor of Pop Music at Tivo, whose database of music information is licensed throughout the Internet and can be accessed at Allmusic.com. While at Tivo/Allmusic, he’s written thousands of record reviews and biographies.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Dive In: A Brief History of Dave Matthews Band 1

2 Why I Am: Who Are the Members of Dave Matthews Band? 14

3 I'll Back You Up: Latter-Day Members and Auxiliary Players 36

4 You and Me: Collaborators and Coconspirators 44

5 Warehouse: The People and Places of Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia 56

6 What You Are: DMB's Influences 63

7 Dancing Nancies: What Is a Jam Band? 73

8 The Riff: Is Dave Matthews Band a Jam Band? 79

9 What Would You Say: Was Dave Matthews Band Ever "Alternative Rock"? 86

10 Tripping Billies: Fellow Travelers on the H.O.R.D.E. Circuit 92

11 So Damn Lucky: Who Has Sat in with Dave Matthews Band? 107

12 Remember Two Things and Recently: The First Album and EP 118

13 Under the Table and Dreaming: The Major-Label Debut 128

14 Crash: The Breakthrough 140

15 Before These Crowded Streets: The Masterpiece 151

16 The Lillywhite Sessions: The Lost Album 160

17 Everyday: The Crossover Album 166

18 Busted Stuff: Rescuing The Lillywhite Sessions 176

19 Some Devil: Dave Matthews Goes Solo 185

20 Stand Up: The Modern R&B Album 194

21 Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King: Requiem for LeRoi Moore 203

22 Away from the World: Back to Basics 211

23 Come Tomorrow: Easing into Middle Age 219

24 So Much to Say: The Videos 227

25 Too Much: Stray Songs and Detours 243

26 Pay for What You Get: Tape Trading 257

27 Two Step: Official Live Albums 262

28 The Riff: Live Trax and DMBLive 275

29 Hunger for the Great Light: Key Concerts 285

30 Crush: Songs Covered in Concert 294

31 Joyride: Satellite Tours 308

32 Save Me: Guest Appearances 314

33 Ants Marching: Online Fan Sites 322

34 One Sweet World: Philanthropic Work 330

35 Belly Belly Nice: Dave Matthews Band and Food 335

36 I Did It: Dave Matthews Onscreen 341

37 The Last Stop: Poopgate 344

Bibliography 349

Selected Discography 353

Index 357