I didn’t know any of these facts. Im still not a jam band guy but he has my respect.
~signed
Hmm, I’m going to need a source on him renouncing his South African citizenship, because I can’t easily find anything that’d confirm that. I found an interview saying he attended anti-apartheid marches, but weirdly the interviewer says he didn’t want to do military service because of his Quaker upbringing. It’d make more sense that he didn’t want to join because he was anti-apartheid, but either way not wanting to join an apartheid shithole’s army for any reason is obviously based ().
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a Dave Matthews Band song, so I have no opinion of their music.
Well here is your chance
This was the quintessential DMB song when I was growing up
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Yeah I can’t actually find anything about him renouncing citizenship just him leaving South Africa to avoid being conscripted. My friend sent it to me so I don’t know the level of accuracy.
ETA: I actually found an interview with him from 2018 where he says he renounced his citizenship
Literally the top result on Google.
I renounced my South African citizenship and came to America, which I was already a citizen here because I had grown up here.
