Dave Matthews Biography and Filmography

His band has had two Grammy nominated albums: "Under the Table and Dreaming" and "Before these Crowded Streets".
Has appeared on VH1 Storytellers with guitarist/friend Tim Reynolds.
Started and is the lead singer for the "Dave Matthews Band".
Has two sisters (Anne and Jane) and a brother (Peter).
His father worked for IBM.
He was in several plays in 1990-1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
His favorite drink: Jack Daniels
He broke two ribs in 1999 after failed grape-catching trick in which he tripped over a guitar case and landed on the arm of a chair.
Proposed to the same woman (Julia Grey) three different times, each time being told "no"
Most common topics of his songs: women, drugs, live life to fullest, political messages
His wife gave birth to twin girls, Grace Anne and Stella Busina, in Seattle. [15 August 2001]
Came to America at the age of 18 and began working as a bartender in a jazz club in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is where he heard the artists play that later became part of his band.
Attended and graduated from St. Stithians College, a private all boys school in Johannesbrug, South Africa
In 1993, Dave's eldest sister, Anne, died in a domestic tragedy, at her home in South Africa. The DMB album 'Under the Table and Dreaming' is dedicated to her.
Dave's father, John, a non-smoker, died when Dave was 10 years old, of lung cancer.
In fall of 2004 he participated in the Vote for Change concert tour organized to encourage the defeat of George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election.