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David John "Dave" Matthews (born January 9, 1967)〔() 〕 is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, musician and actor,〔Tavis Smiley on PBS () 〕 best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved to Westchester County, New York at the age of 2. Matthews mainly plays acoustic guitar, which he started playing at age 9. From 1991 to 2003, Matthews predominantly focused on songwriting and performing with the Dave Matthews Band, which he started in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. Since then, he has also done various solo performances and produced other records. During the period from 2000 to 2010, his band sold more tickets and earned more money than any other act in North America. The band's most recent album, Away from the World, released in 2012, made them the only group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard charts. In addition to music, Matthews has had multiple acting roles. He has also won 2 Grammy Awards: one 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". ==Early life== David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the third of four children of parents John and Valerie Matthews. At two years old, Matthews' family moved to Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York, where his father, a physicist, started working for IBM.〔Nevin Martell, ''The Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People'' (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004), 3–4〕 In 1974, the family moved to Cambridge, England for a year before returning to New York, where his father died from lung cancer in 1977. Biographer Nevin Martell argues that Dave's father's death may be an impetus for his "carpe diem" lyrics.〔Nevin Martell, ''The Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People'' (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004), 5〕 At some point while residing in New York, Matthews attended his first concert, when his mother took him to a performance by Pete Seeger. The family moved back to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1977.〔 Upon Matthews' graduation from St Stithians College high school in 1985, he was faced with conscription into the South African military just as civil disobedience to the practice was becoming widespread.〔At Ease, ECC newsletter, May 1986, cited in Jacklyn Cock, Colonels & Cadres – War & Gender in South Africa, Oxford University Press, 1991, pg81〕 A Quaker (and consequently pacifist), Matthews left South Africa to avoid service.〔Whitefield, Fredricka (2005). ("Profiles of U2 and The Dave Matthews Band" ) CNN.com (accessed May 3, 2006)〕 Matthews moved to New York in 1986 where he worked for IBM for a short time, then joined his mother that same year in Charlottesville, Virginia, a town Matthews' family had lived in before he was born.〔 In Charlottesville, he became part of the local music community. Pursuing various interests, Matthews acted in various local productions. Although Matthews had started playing the guitar at age 9, it was only in Charlottesville that he started performing publicly.〔 From time to time, local star (and future collaborator) Tim Reynolds had Dave join him on stage, and another friend, Ross Hoffman, persuaded Matthews to record some of his own songs.〔〔("Driven: Dave Matthews – About the Episode" ) VH1.com (accessed May 4, 2006)〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview With Greg Howard )〕 In 1991, he hatched the idea to form his own band.〔 Dave had originally envisioned someone else singing his songs but decided to use his own vocals. After writing his first few songs, including "I'll Back You Up", "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band. 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=03.14.1991 Trax Nightclub Charlottesville, Virginia (Middle East Children's Alliance benefit) )〕 In early 1994, Matthews' older sister, Anne, who lived in South Africa, was murdered by her husband, who subsequently committed suicide, on or around January 27 of that year. The event had a drastic effect on Matthews' 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 () memory". Dave Matthews Band's ''Under the Table and Dreaming'', released later that year, was dedicated to her.〔 Anne Matthews was survived by her two children who, upon her death, traveled to America, where Dave and his younger sister, Jane, took responsibility for their upbringing (his sister is the namesake of DMB's song, "The Song that Jane Likes").〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Matthews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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