Voice for Equality: Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews is a South African-American Grammy Award-winning musician, and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews focused primarily on his work with Dave Matthews Band from 1990 to 2003. Since that period, he has occasionally ventured outside the band in various solo performances and records. Learn more here.

It was announced on October 14, 2009 that Dave Matthews would be participating in the Love Unites Shepard Fairey Equality Project, a new marriage equality advocacy project for which 100 celebrities would be signing their names and customizing a Shepard Fairey print titled Defend Equality - Love Unites. Fairey, whose Obama Hope print became the iconic emblem of President Obama’s 2008 campaign, was approached by FAIR, an LGBT grassroots marriage equality organization, to commission an image that would help unite and inspire the marriage equality movement. Fairey: “I am proud to contribute the Defend Equality Love Unites image to the fight for marriage equality, and commend FAIR for putting this image to good use." The signed prints were sold in online auctions through December 9, 2009. [Link]

Freedom to Marry salutes Dave Matthews as a Voice for Equality! Learn about other Voices for Equality here.

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