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

The band still marks its birthplace with shows at the John Paul Jones Arena there.

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

He watched LeRoi Moore play jazz there while serving the musicians whiskey.

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

Matthews said he went to him not because he needed a drummer but because he was 'the baddest thing I'd ever seen'.

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

A local jazz musician with the John D'earth Quintet, he was the second recruit after Beauford.

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.