Dave Matthews Band Fun Facts
The Dave Matthews band is a very popular band. It is fun to know facts (nice or sad) about bands that are popular that few people may know. Here are some of those fun facts.
Dave Matthews’s sister, Anne, was murdered in South Africa along with her fiance.
Boyd Tinsley, one of the members of DMB appeared in a commercial for Twix.
Boyd Tinsley plays Zeta violins.
LeRoi Moore plays Selmer saxophones.
Carter Beauford plays Yamaha drums.
Carter Beauford plays Ziljian symbols.
Stefan Lessard plays a Modulus bass guitar.
Dave Matthews plays Taylor and Martin acoustic guitars.
Dave Matthews is originally from South Africa.
Dave Matthews was born on January 9, 1967.
DMB won a Grammy for only one song – So Much to Say.
The first song dave matthews ever wrote was "I’ll Back You Up."
Dave Matthews has played guitar since he was nine years old.
Dave Matthews has three siblings – Peter, Jane, and the late Anne.
San Francisco, California has a "Dave Matthews Band Day." That day is September 12.
Dave Matthews is married to Jennifer Ashley Harper.
Dave Matthews is a father to twin girls, Grace Anne and Stella Busina.
The Dave Matthews Band performed a free concert at Central Park to benefit New York Public Schools.
In 2004, the driver of the tour bus for the Dave Matthews Band’s Boyd Tinsley emptied the septic tank dropping 800 lbs. of liquid human waste through a grate in the Kinsey Street Bridge in Chicago, allowing it to fall onto a sightseeing boat on the Chicago River.
The Dave Matthews Band started a challenge for victims of Hurricane Katrina. They performed a benefit concert in Denver that raised $1,500,000 and there is a grant that will match this amount dollar for dollar to be donated to the Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians Village.
Charlottesville, also has a "Dave Matthews Band Day." That day is September 27.
The Dave Matthews Band appeared at Bob Geldof’s Live8 benefit concert for AIDS awareness.
The Dave Matthews Band is the 10th richest band in the world.
Julia Roberts has been a fan of the Dave Matthew Band for at least 15 years. She even appeared in the video Dream Girl.
The Ben and Jerry’s flavor, "One Sweet Whirled’ is the flavor for the Dave Matthews Band. It supports global warming relief and education organizations.
Fans were encouraged to fill out an online survey to help the band choose the songs for the "Best Of" album.
Attendees are always allowed to record concerts. They are allowed to trade the tapes and use the music and videos for personal use. The only illegal thing is to make a profit from the recordings.
The Dave Matthews Band regularly plant trees in order to try to offset the carbon emissions from the touring.
Dave Matthews’s wedding ring is made of pennies.
Dave Matthews has a vineyard on one of his three properties and makes his own wine.
Carter Beauford is ambidextrous.
Stefan Lessard was only 16 when he joined the band, so they had to sneak him into the clubs in order to play with the band.
The Dave Matthews Band was the first band to perform at Pacific Bell Park (now AT&T Park).
There is another Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor for the Dave Matthews Band – Magic Brownies.
The Dave Matthews Band played at Bill Clinton’s inauguration in January 1997.
The Dave Matthews Band is mentioned in the song "College Kids" by Relient K.
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September 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
That fact about his sister being murdered is so crazy!!! You think DM would do more to change conditions in S. Africa.