The Members of the Band
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Carter Beauford: Drummer for DMB, born and raised in Charlottesville VA. on November 2nd 1957, oldest member of the band, has been playing jazz since childhood, taught history from 1984 to 1990, moved to California and landed a job on Ramsey Lewis's BET jazz show, then moved back to Charlottesville in 1991. When Dave Matthews heard that he was moving back, he approached him about making a demo tape and Carter has been in DMB ever since. |
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Stefan Lassard: Bass player for DMB, born on June 4th, 1974, youngest member of the band, at the age of 16 he was approached by Dave, Carter, & Leroi to help produce a demo tape. He was already a very well respected bass player in the jazz circles of Virginia. Original instrument was the upright bass, he converted to the electric bass for the band, sometimes he will play the upright for a show or two just for the fun of it. |
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Boyd Tinsley: The bands violinest, born on May 16, 1964 in Charlottesville, VA and grew to become a classical violinist until 1985, when he switched over to rock and roll, before joining DMB he had a few bands of his own, had the Boyd Tinsley Band until 1993, the Boyd Tinsley Band had performed for fraternities and college bars around Charlottesville, approached Dave and decided he wanted to join the Dave Matthews Band. |
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Leroi Moore: Saxophone and flute player for DMB, born in Durham, NC. on September 7th 1961, one of the first to join the band in 1991, plays many different saxophones on stage, before joining DMB, Leroi played jazz at the many night spots in the Charlottesville - Richmond area, is one of the reasons for the bands classical sound. |
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Dave Matthews: David John Matthews is the lead singer and guitar player for DMB, was born in Johannesburg South Africa on January 9th 1967, is a life long lover of music, |