"Why I Am" by Dave Matthews Band

You ever look over a recipe and think, "Gee, this is going to taste awesome!" But then you cook it up and it's not as awesome as you thought it would be. That's how I feel about the Dave Matthews Band. They have all the ingredients that I normally love about a musical group, but for some reason what they cook up just doesn't appeal to me all that much. I have no logical explanation why this is the case.

The band burst onto the music scene in 1995 with "What Would You Say" (which hit #22), providing a much needed reprieve from the dank dungeon of grunge. Other popular hits the band had over the years included "Ants Marching" (#21), "Crash Into Me" (#19), and "The Space Between" (#22). Their best chart performance to date occurred in 2005 when "American Baby" reached #16.

I find the band's 2009 effort, "Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King," to be among their most accessible albums. "Why I Am" is driven by an infectious guitar riff that brings me back time and time again.