Dave Matthews Band: Step Into the Light

by Morgan Delancey

Book Overview

From their early gigs at local bars in their hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, to sold out concerts around the world, the Dave Matthews Band have been one of the great unsung phenomenon of the 1990s. Their unique sound blends funk, jazz, rock and blues into a heady brew of hard-driving rhythm and emotional energy that's impossible to resist. STEP INTO THE LIGHT is the complete story of this incredible band and its meteoric rise. The first edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550224433
• ISBN13: 9781550224436
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Step Into The Light

Many people feel that music is more powerful than words alone. For those who are fans of the Dave Matthews Band, I am sure they would agree with the preceding statement. Step Into The Light, by Morgan Delancey, is an incredible biography of the Dave Matthews Band providing an amazing account of the band's hardships, along with its many accomplishments.Step Into The Light is the story of the formation of the band and the continuing effects that the group has had on all its fans and the world. The band started out playing at local bars and frat houses, but is now one of the highest money grossing bands of the decade.The author, Morgan Delancey, seldom uses any literary devices, but has a certain style of writing that makes you feel as if you have known the band members all of your life. He writes of the band members in such a personal way that it seems as if he has known each member since they were kids. Delancey uses many quotes from the band to describe situations that the band has faced. He even goes as far as describing the meaning and purpose of each song that the band has written.I thought that Step Into The Light was an amazing book. I loved every part of it and found it very interesting. If you are a Dave Matthews fan, then this is the book for you. The book has no specific theme, but its message for its readers is that anyone can make it to "the top" as long as they work hard and are dedicated to what they do.

Step Into the Light does it for DMB fans!

I love this book!!! What more is there to say? Step Into the Light has so much information about the band especially in the early years. I have learned so much from reading this book. It makes Dave and the rest of the gang feel like "REAL" people and not just the "gods" their fans think of them as. In my opinion anyway. This is a great book and should be read by all real Dave Matthews Band fans.

Step into the Light Dave Matthews Band

Are you a music fan like me? Do you want to read about a band that started off by playing small gigs at frat houses and becoming one of the most talented and popular bands around? If you do, then you must read Dave Matthews Band Step into the Light by Morgan Delancey. I have been a huge DMB fan for many years now, and this book really filled me in on their early years before they became big. Another thing that was really good was, when reading it, it seemed like Morgan Delancey had grown up with the band and been with them every day of their lives. This book was filled with so much information about how they became big to how they get ready for shows and what they do after. It was great. Morgan Delancey went through every song written or played by DMB and told why they wrote the song and what it meant to the band. Come to find out, a lot of the songs were written about love or things that had happened in Dave's life and there are even a few songs about the use of drugs. If you are a big fan of DMB, I highly recommend this book to you. I know so much more about the band now after reading the book. There were also some neat picture of Miller's, the bar in Virginia, where the band first met each other. This is also were Dave worked as a bartender. There are also pictures of the band live on stage and a really cool one of Boyd jamming. So if you want to learn about the bands early years growing up together and playing at small frat house and gigs in Virginia, this is the book to read.

DMB Fans Will Enjoy This Book

First off, I am a HUGE DMB fan so I may have a biased view, but I thought this book was fantastic. If you are a true Dave fan then you will love this book. It has tons of little things about the band that I never knew and was fascinated by. Little experiences and the truth behind the struggles to become a successful band in America, starting from scratch in Charlottesville, gaining a strong fan base and becoming a popular band throughout the country. Morgan Delancey made it sound like she had lived with the band through all this. I especially liked the way she told about all of the band members pasts leading up to the formation of DMB...and how DMB became the phenominal band that they are today! Overall I thought it was a GREAT book.

Loved it!

What a great book. Morgan Delancey's interviews with the people who were there from the start-- including the missing 6th member of DMB, Peter Griesar--really rock. There are at least 30 original interviews here conducted by Delancey--like Griesar's: from people who were there from the start, including Stefan's dad! You can really tell that Delancey traveled to C'ville to write this book. The newer book (from Simon & Schuster) is a ripoff of this one. And I mean, totally. From the language and everything! It's almost word for word this book. Don't be fooled. It costs more. But STEP INTO THE LIGHT is the real deal. And has awesome photos. Plus taper acknowledgements in the end...