History of the Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is a unique, musically gifted band. Its combination of sounds of folk, jazz, rock, world beat, and reggae give it its originality and musicality that extends the bounds of music. The five members of the band: Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley, LeRoi Moore, Stefan Lessard, and Carter Beauford, provide a blend of influences that create this originality. It’s an interracial music group compromising of three …showed first 75 words of 1617 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1617 total…world. Carter Beauford and Stefan Lessard contribute jazz, as well as Moore and Tinsley, who also contribute a classical style. The music gives off many messages, through the instrumentation, voice inflection and the actual lyrics of a song. They fulfill the requirements of any good band; successfully conveying a message through their music to trigger ones emotions and arouse ones senses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** References Books: 1. Morgan Delancey, “The Dave Matthews Band: Step into the Light”,