Dave Matthews

Matthews and his wife, Ashley Harper, have twin daughters, Stella and Grace, and split their time between Seattle, Washington and Charlottesville. He performs and records under the name "Morel". Matthews released a solo album in late 2003, Some Devil, which went platinum; its single, "Gravedigger," won a Grammy Award in 2004. He has done remixes for arists such as Tina Turner, Tori Amos, Madonna and Pet Shop Boys. The band's first performance was on May 11th 1991, at a private rooftop party, held by Lydia Condor at the South Street Warehouse in downtown Charlottesville. Known primarily for his co-production of dance remixes by famous remixers Deep Dish, he has also released albums of his own music, including Peterbilt Angel and Queen of the Highway. Matthews formed The Dave Matthews Band in early 1991 with Boyd Tinsley, Leroi Moore, Carter Beauford and Stefan Lessard while he was working as a bartender at Miller's in Charlottesville. Richard Morel is an openly gay singer/songwriter, remixer and record producer from the DC Metro area of America.

After writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", Matthews who had originally envisioned someone else singing his songs, began to consider starting his own band. True (The Faggot Is You) (Gold Selling Single). It was in 1990 that he hatched the idea to form his own band. Yoshiesque (With Deep Dish). His first professional musical performance was at a modern dance performance by the Miki Liszt Dance Company, singing "Sensitive Feelings," composed by John D'earth and Dawn Thompson. Queen of the Highway. Though he also logged time back in South Africa and in Amsterdam, it was in Charlottesville where Matthews—who took piano lessons as a child before picking up the guitar at age nine—became part of the local music community. Peterbilt Angel.

The key move for Dave Matthews was when he relocated in 1986 to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his parents had lived before he was born. The family moved back to South Africa in 1980, where Matthews went to a few different schools. Then, in the early 1970s, he moved to Cambridge, England, before returning to New York—where his father died in 1977. At the age of two, Matthews and his family immigrated to Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, went to work for IBM.

Dave Matthews (born January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is the vocalist and guitarist from Dave Matthews Band.