Dave Matthews was born outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 9, 1967. As a child he moved around a lot with his family to various parts of the world. And of an early age his mother taught him the evils of racism. When he was ten years old his father died of lung cancer, which later impacted his singing style. During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s Dave worked as a bartender at Miller’s, a …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…is a very successful person. Though that doesn’t mean that he is happy. It really is hard to tell if he is happy or not simply because he says and acts like he does. But then why would such a popular person and musician want to possibly throw all of it away? Happy or not, he is still one of the most popular musicians today and one of my favorite bands. TRAVIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**