I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

Early life
David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg South Africa the third of four children of parents John and Valerie Matthews. To support the album Matthews toured with a group of musicians (many of whom performed on "Some Devil") under the name Dave Matthews & Friends. The Flecktones also opened for DMB on several tours.

He performs mainly with acoustic guitar and favors rhythm rather than solos in his playing. David John "Dave" Matthews (born January 9 1967) is a South African-born singer-songwriter musician and actor best known as the lead vocalist songwriter and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. During the period from 2000 to 2010 his band the Dave Matthews Band sold more tickets and earned more than any other act in North America.