Editing Dave Matthews (section)

== Formation of Dave Matthews Band ==
[[File:Dave Matthews Matters.ogg|thumb|right|Matthews discussing ''[[Before These Crowded Streets]]'' in 1998]]
After writing his first few songs, including "I'll Back You Up", "The Song That Jane Likes" and "Recently", Matthews formed [[Dave Matthews Band]] in early 1991 with [[LeRoi Moore]], [[Carter Beauford]], [[Stefan Lessard]], [[Peter Griesar]] (who left the band in 1993), and [[Boyd Tinsley]] while working at Miller's as a bartender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNerthney |first=Casey |date=2017-08-18 |title=Seattle resident Dave Matthews responds to violence in Charlottesville, where band started |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-resident-dave-matthews-responds-to-violence-in-charlottesville-where-band-started/594816407/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</ref> The band's first show was on March 14, 1991, as part of a benefit for the [[Middle East Children's Alliance]] at [[Trax Nightclub]] in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Matthews's older sister Anne, who lived in South Africa, was murdered by her husband in early 1994. Her husband then died by suicide on or around January 27 of that year.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16Htyr5v1N0C&pg=PA20 |title=Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People, Revised and Updated – Nevin Martell – Google Boeken |access-date=2012-12-17|isbn=9780743493826 |last1=Martell |first1=Nevin |date=June 15, 2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> The event had a profound effect on Matthews's outlook on life and was referenced in a few of his songs. On January 29, 1994, he performed with [[Tim Reynolds]] at [[the Wetlands]] in New York, where he dedicated that performance "to her [Anne's] memory". Dave Matthews Band's ''[[Under the Table and Dreaming]]'', released later that year, was dedicated to her.<ref name="books.google.com"/> Anne Matthews was survived by her two children, and they traveled to the United States following her death. Dave and his younger sister Jane (after whom the Dave Matthews Band song "The Song That Jane Likes" is named) took responsibility for the children's upbringing.<ref name="books.google.com"/>