He's from South Africa, though he owns a vineyard in Va that I've been to...
ETA:
Matthews moved to New York in 1986 where he worked for IBM for a short time,
[10] then joined his mother that same year in
Charlottesville, Virginia, a town Matthews' family had lived in before he was born.
[10] In Charlottesville, he became part of the local music community. Pursuing various interests, Matthews acted in various local productions.[
citation needed] Although Matthews had started playing the guitar at age nine, it was only in Charlottesville that he started performing publicly.
[10]
