There was a time when every rock 'n' roll movement sprung from the grass roots. And while much has changed over the years, The Dave Matthews Band (DMB) working entirely on its own -- outside the parameters of current trends -- can generate the kind of organic electricity that marketers spend a fortune trying to create. Since Dave Matthews -- a South African expatriate who settled in Charlottesville, Va., after leaving his homeland as a teenager -- put together the genre-blending combo, the quintet's charged live shows have made them one of the biggest pop-rock draws in North America.
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