the band considered calling itself "dumwelah", which is the tswana word for "hello", but there was little enthusiasm for the name and they decided against it. one story is that moore reportedly telephoned a place they were booked and said to write "dave matthews." the person receiving the call wrote "band" after the name, and the name stayed dave matthews band from that point on. matthews told robert trott of ap, "boyd [tinsley], if memory serves, wrote 'dave matthews band' [on this flyer for the show]. there was no time when we said, 'let's call this band the dave matthews band.' it just became that, and it sort of was too late to change when we started thinking that this could focus unfairly on me. people sort of made that association, but it's really not like that."