'I feel like I don't belong, but I'm pretty happy to be included...in a pretty outrageous lineup of people.' - DaveMatthews on davematthewsbnd's RockHall2020 nom
"I'm not sure that Lemmy Kilmister ever heard of the Notorious B.I.G., and I'm not sure if the Notorious B.I.G. ever heard of Lemmy," Matthews tells Billboard, "but maybe that's what rock n' roll is -- if it's anything it's people falling out of their world or getting out of their world and getting in front of everybody and doing something that seems impossible and getting noticed for it.
The DMB has achieved its Rock Hall nomination in its first year of eligibility, coming 25 years after its major label debut album . During the interim the Charlottesville, Va., group has released nine studio albums, won a Grammy Award and has become a touring juggernaut with a strong philanthropic bent, via its own Bama Works Fund as well as Matthews' involvement on the Farm Aid board of directors.
Matthews was also surprised the nod came so quickly. "It's not something I thought would happen this fast -- it's not something I ever thought about, really," he notes. "We've just become eligible, it seems like. So it's unexpected." Matthews also acknowledges a bit of validation in the nomination, given the criticism and skepticism that DMB and others in the jam band community have routinely experienced over the years.
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