Q 01/05

Dave Matthews Band formed in 1991 in which city?

A) Athens, Georgia

B) Chapel Hill, North Carolina

C) Charlottesville, Virginia

D) Richmond, Virginia

Answer · why

C) Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, home of the University of Virginia, is where Matthews assembled the band in 1991; the city's club scene hosted its early we...

Q 02/05

What was Dave Matthews doing for a living in 1990 when a lawyer friend persuaded him to record a demo?

A) Teaching high-school music

B) Bartending at Miller's

C) Driving a taxi

D) Working in a record shop

Answer · why

B) Bartending at Miller's

Bartending at Miller's, a bar with live jazz near the university, put Matthews beside the players he served whiskey to; his friend Ross Hoffman, a law...

Q 03/05

Which drummer, then playing on a BET jazz show, was the first musician Matthews approached?

A) Stefan Lessard

B) LeRoi Moore

C) Carter Beauford

D) Boyd Tinsley

Answer · why

C) Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford, a local jazz drummer then in the house band of a BET jazz show, was the first player Matthews recruited, before the saxophonist and t...

Q 04/05

Which instrument did founding member LeRoi Moore play?

A) Bass guitar

B) Saxophone

C) The violin

D) Keyboards

Answer · why

B) Saxophone

Saxophone was LeRoi Moore's instrument; a local jazz player with the John D'earth Quintet, he was the second founding recruit, after the drummer, and ...

Q 05/05

Bassist Stefan Lessard was how far through his studies when he joined the band?

A) A junior at the university

B) A high-school senior

C) A graduate student

D) A music-school dropout

Answer · why

A) A junior at the university

UVA jazz director John D'earth recommended him; he was still a teenager.