Dave Matthews Band's first hit "What Would You Say", featuring the Olympian harmonica solo from Blues Traveler's John Popper, brought instant attention and critical raves to this unique musical quintet. Under the cover of a resurging jam band movement in the early '90s, the Dave Matthews Band cut their teeth on the live music circuit, while proving equally savvy in the studio. The musical sophistication of tracks like "Rhyme & Reason", the sublime "Satellite" , and the inventive arrangement featuring woodwinds and violin on "Ants Marching" appeared to set the Dave Matthews Band apart from the fray.

After meeting and interviewing Dave Matthews during the 1996 H.O.R.D.E. Festival tour just as their second studio album Crash was being released, none of the subsequent successes of the Dave Matthews Band since then has been surprising to InTheStudio show host Redbeard. Dave Matthews shares how the music industry was not quick to embrace the band early on, and how that influenced their resolve.

"We didn't really have any reaction from the (music) industry... What happened at the same time was we played a couple gigs and people really reacted. We lifted our noses to the industry and said we're going to just play for people and sorta made it a focus away from the industry. So then when the industry came to us, it was after a few years of playing hard and really ignoring them."