Dave Matthews Band biography
In recent years it has been common to see several sources per show, sometimes as many as five or more.
In an effort to promote fan interaction, the official fan association for DMB, Warehouse, was opened December 4, 1998. Warehouse gives fans early access to concert tickets, exclusive CDs and merchandise to its members. Warehouse Fan Association (also known as "The Warehouse") pioneered the internet-based ticket sales used by many artists today. DMB Manager Coran Capshaw founded and ran Musictoday, a company which runs Warehouse and other online fan clubs. In August, 2006, it was acquired by major concert promoter Live Nation, a spinoff of Clear Channel.
Studio albums
- Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
- Crash (1996)
- Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
- Everyday (2001)
- Busted Stuff (2002)
- Stand Up (2005)
- Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)
Live albums
- Remember Two Things (1993: Bama Rags Recordings release; 1997: RCA Records re-release)
- Recently - EP (1994: Bama Rags Recordings release; 1997: RCA Records re-release)
- Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
- Listener Supported (1999)
- Live at Luther College (Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds) (1999)
- Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center (2001)
- Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (2002)
- The Central Park Concert (2003)
- The Gorge (2004)
- Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
- Live at Radio City (Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds) (2007)
- Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
- Live at Mile High Music Festival (2008)
- Europe 2009 (2009)
- Live in Las Vegas (Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds) (2010)
- Live in New York City (2010)
- Live at Wrigley Field (2011)
- Live in Atlantic City (2011)
The band has also released several live albums in their
Live Trax series which are currently available on their website. There is also a download-only series,
DMBLive, which is available on the band's website. See Dave Matthews Band discography for more information.
Compilation albums
- The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 (2006)
Philanthropic efforts
According to the band's website, as of May, 2010, the band's own charity, the BAMA Works Fund, has contributed over $8.5 million dollars to a wide variety of need organizations. Initially it was founded in 1999 to address the needs of disadvantaged youth, disabled persons, the environment, and arts and humanities in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia area, and surrounding area of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange Counties. In addition, BAMA Works Fund has been active in other projects, and often the Dave Matthews Band, both together and separately have planned charity events and donated their own time and resources outside of Charlottesville. Some examples include building a "Village Recovery Fund" after the tsunami that ravaged Sri Lanka, promoting a challenge grant for the Habitat for Humanity Musician's Village in New Orleans, multiple appearances to benefit both Farm Aid, and the annual Neil Young-sponsored Bridge School Benefits, fundraisers for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and followed this with donations after the 2010 disaster that leveled many villages in Haiti. The band played benefit concerts to help fund the school system in New York City, and countless other concerns. As a result, the band was awarded the NAACP Chairman's Award. In Matthews' acceptance speech, he spoke for the band as a whole, commenting that of all the achievements they had enjoyed, that the award by the NAACP and Julian Bond in particular was by far the highest honor they had bestowed upon them.
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