R.I.P. - LeRoi Moore (1961 - 2008)
Whenever you start to take life for granted keep in mind how quickly things can change. We’re sad to report that saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band passed away this afternoon in Hollywood at the age of 46.
Moore sustained severe injuries thanks to an ATV accident on his farm in rural Virginia this past June. He took a turn for the worse and died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications. Terrible news, just terrible.
Here’s the official statement from the band:
“LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. Moore had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.”
The show went on for the DMB, who played L.A.’s Staples Center last night:
Set: Bartender, Proudest Monkey > Satellite, So Damn Lucky, Eh Hee, Water Into Wine, Burning Down The House, Dancing Nancies, Loving Wings, The Maker, Sledgehammer, Grey Street, Dreaming Tree, Crash Into Me, Everyday, Anyone Seen The Bridge > Too Much intro > Ants Marching
Encore: Sister, Corn Bread, Two Step
- Relix Remembers: LeRoi Moore 1961-2008
As somebody who grew up watching LeRoi’s amazing talents on stage…I find this deeply sad and troubling. All our thoughts n prayers must go out to the entire DMB family. Taken all too soon.
Unconfirmed BS. Shame on you for putting this out there before official word yay or nay.
confirmed on DMB website - RIP, my friend.
Sadly, it’s no BS.
It’s a shame to see ones number come up so young.
[...] RIP Leroi Moore. About thirteen and a half years ago, I was as low as I had ever been. I’d had a nervous breakdown of sorts and found myself 2,500 miles away from home living with someone I completely loathed. Those were hard and lonely days. I was working two jobs so I didn’t have to be home and so that I would be so tired at the end of the day that I would just fall into a quick and dreamless sleep. Dark days, indeed. I had a couple of friends from work, so it wasn’t all bad. One of those friends invited me out to a show and even though I hadn’t really heard of the band except for That One Song On The Radio All The Time (remember this was 1994-1995 and the Internet was something that we were just getting used to), I decided to go. The Dave Matthews Band saved my life. Not in a literal way, since I’m rather fond of myself and never a suicide risk, but in a very real way nonetheless. Their music gave me a way to get out of myself, away from my own head. Shortly after that show, I started figuring out how to get home. That sucked - it was hard, it required quite a bit of humiliation and begging on my part, but I got home and started putting my life back together. It didn’t happen overnight and I stumbled along the way (a lot), but I had a soundtrack. Toward the end of the 90’s, DMB got a bit too big for their britches and started to suck. I was disappointed, but by then Freddie and I were spending a lot of extra time and spare cash chasing Phish around the Northeast, so I didn’t miss DMB as much. Besides, all the music they put out after “Before These Crowded Streets” was putrid and horrible, so no big loss, right? I read in an interview awhile back that Dave Matthews agrees with me. It remains to be seen if he and his band do anything about it. RIP, Leroi. The show will go on, but it won’t be the same. Posted by rachel Filed in Me Me Me, Music [...]
Such a shame. I spent many hours back in college listening to DMB, and those days would have very different without Mr. Moore’s contribution. RIP. you will be missed.
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terrible news. and weeks after the actual accident.
[...] With the PH: 6/17/95 & 7/21/97 We’re still in shock over the news of DMB sax player LeRoi Moore’s passing. As we’re geigh for Trey in these parts, [...]
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“When Phish played Virginia Beach in 1997, LeRoi came on stage and started playing three saxophones at once and set off the most hilarious chain of events. Within minutes Page was playing four of his keyboards with his hands and feet and I had three guitars on and drumsticks in my hand banging on Fish’s drums. and Mike was playing two basses. It was just a phenomenal moment! And I remember LeRoi laughing with his mouth full of saxophones.
We miss you LeRoi and thank you for the joy you brought all of us.
- Trey Anastasio”
when you were playing I was in an another world you will be missing to us, all the DMB fans’s. I just liked your style, the way that you have to get this thing inside of me…you know, kind of thing that you can’t tell to someone…RIP LeRoi Moore my idol! I hope you’re Ok where your are…
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