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BURBANK, Calif. - As he sits and talks on the shaded commissary patio at NBC Studios in Burbank, Dave Matthews seems every bit the Tom Hanks of rock - an approachable, unaffected everyman who's managed to stay unsullied while rising to the top of a rough-and- tumble profession. And like the actor, Matthews is widely viewed as nice-guy bland.
After all, the complex but hearty music of his primary group, the Dave Matthews Band, is an eager-to-please concoction that has made the DMB the spiritual leader of rock's thriving "jam band" subculture.See the full content of this document
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Solo Stint Makes Band Stronger, Matthews Says
But when Matthews released his first solo album, "Some Devil," late last year, we had something more complex on our hands. Intimate and reflective, the music sheds the Matthews Band's hard-edged, high- definition hooks and...
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