- Written & originally performed by The Dave Matthews Band
- Songwriter David John Matthews was born 1/9/67 in Johannesburg South Africa, and was raised in New York City
- The Dave Matthews Band consists of Dave Matthews (vocals & guitar), Leroi Moore (sax), Boyd Tinsley (violin), Steffan Lessard (bass), and Carter Beauford (drums)
- The band has also been referred to simply as "DMB"
- The band was formed in Charlottesville Virginia, where Matthews was working as a bartender at a popular watering hold called Miller's
- The band's first performances were in and around Charlottesville, attracting a large college age crowd of fans
- Matthews still maintains a residence down in Charlottesville
- Fans of the band are encouraged to record their live performances and to trade (but not sell) copies of the various recordings
- The song Ants Marching is from the album "Under The Table and Dreaming
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- The album was dedicated "In memory of Anne", for Dave's sister Anne, who was killed by her husband in a tragic murder-suicide
- Released in 1994, and in 1995 Ants Marching reached #18 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #21 on the Hot 100 chart
- The title of the album "Under The Table and Dreaming" is actually mentioned in the lyrics of the song
- It was the second commercially successful song for Dave Matthews
- Under The Table and Dreaming was the first commercial album released by the band. Their previous albums had been recorded and released as independent records
- An outspoken activist for various environmental causes, the band's image was tarnished when in 2004 one of the band's bus drivers dumped 800 pounds of waste from the bus's septic tank onto a boatload of tourists passing below the bus on a bridge over the river in Chicago
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Purchase Under The Table and Dreaming from Amazon.com and save! |
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Purchase the Ants Marching single, containing the studio version plus a live recording, + two bonus tracks. Definitely a collectors item! |