Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an American band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia  in 1991 by singer and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, who plays a wide variety of instruments from the saxophone to the flute, violin player Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar (who left the band in 1993), all of whom Dave met in Charlottesville. Since 1998 the band has performed at most of their shows with keyboardist Butch Taylor, although he is not officially a member of the band. Moore, Beauford, Tinsley and Taylor also do back up vocals.

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