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Dave Matthews Band’s LeRoi Moore Passes Away
Access Hollywood ^ | 8-20-2008 | Unknown

Posted on 08/20/2008 6:48:10 AM PDT by jmc813

A founding member of long-running Virginia jam band the Dave Matthews Band has passed away, a rep for the band has revealed in a statement released to Access Hollywood. He was 46 years old.

“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,” the rep stated. “Moore had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.”

Moore, who played flute and pennywhistle in addition to a variety of saxophones, performed on all of the band’s albums. His playing is prominently featured on such hits as “Ants Marching” and “Crush.”

Dave Matthews Band performed on Tuesday night in Los Angeles despite the loss, opening with the song “Bartender” — a song about being near death — with the band visibly upset, some in tears as they played, according to an Access source on the scene.

According to the source, Matthews then paid tribute to his bandmate, saying, “We will miss him forever.”


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: charlottesville; davematthewsband; dmb; leroimoore; music; obituary; virginia
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1 posted on 08/20/2008 6:48:11 AM PDT by jmc813
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To: weegee

Sad Rock & Roll ping.


2 posted on 08/20/2008 6:48:31 AM PDT by jmc813 (Welcome to New York, Brett!)
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3 posted on 08/20/2008 6:55:45 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: jmc813
Dave Matthews Band performed on Tuesday night in Los Angeles despite the loss

The show must go on. I respect them a lot for performing. Took some grit. Good on them. Sorry for the loss.

4 posted on 08/20/2008 6:58:04 AM PDT by Huck
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To: jmc813

That man could play a sax. No doubt about it.

God speed, Le Roi.


5 posted on 08/20/2008 7:00:02 AM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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Matthews is a liberal flake, but man, them boys can play. A real loss.

Colonel, USAFR


6 posted on 08/20/2008 7:02:28 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: jmc813

God Bless LeRoi, may he Rest In Peace.


7 posted on 08/20/2008 7:03:56 AM PDT by moose2004 (Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill And Then Drill Some More)
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To: jmc813
My son-in-law is a part-time violinist/musician, and a rabid fan of this band. He is in shock and mourning for LeRoi. The man was very talented, and it's a great loss for us all...

RIP LeRoi...

8 posted on 08/20/2008 7:06:48 AM PDT by Dubh_Ghlase (In the land of Clinton, where the shadows lie...)
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To: jmc813

Pulmonary embolism, no doubt. He’d recently suffered trauma from an ATV accident.


9 posted on 08/20/2008 7:09:04 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Exotic hunting trip $4000; New shotgun $1800; Bagging endangered species - PRICELESS!)
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To: jmc813

Wow...sad. Used to listen to them a lot, always liked his portions of their songs. Regardless of their personal political slants, they did put on a pretty good show with no loud-mouthing. Prayers for the bandmates, too. They always seemed like a really tight-knit band.


10 posted on 08/20/2008 7:10:03 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: jmc813

And Kenny G is still alive...


11 posted on 08/20/2008 7:11:02 AM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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My son-in-law is a part-time violinist/musician, and a rabid fan of this band. He is in shock and mourning for LeRoi.

I'm not a big DMB fan, but I have a few friends that are such big fans they travel all over the place to go see them. They're feeling the same way. Not quite like having a family member die, but close. The whole thing is really sad.

12 posted on 08/20/2008 7:14:18 AM PDT by jmc813 (Welcome to New York, Brett!)
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To: real saxophonist

I’m in the minority here on FR, but I like Kenny G.


13 posted on 08/20/2008 7:53:23 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: jmc813

Very sad. I’ve seen the band at least 10 times - they’re great live (no pun intended). What a loss!


14 posted on 08/20/2008 8:30:01 AM PDT by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: jmc813

Just two minutes ago, my daughter emailed me the news : \ Gone far too soon...

Tatt


15 posted on 08/20/2008 10:08:31 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said it's prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: jagusafr
Matthews is a liberal flake, but man, them boys can play. A real loss.

Oh yes, Dave Mathews is the 4th Dixie Chick.

I liked his first CD but everything after that is too busy and each instrument goes in too many differant directions.

But you knew that sax.

16 posted on 08/20/2008 10:42:17 AM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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To: Kimberly GG

full thread ping


17 posted on 08/20/2008 12:35:05 PM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)
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I’m in the minority here on FR, but I like Kenny G.

Oh yeah? I like Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow. Who's the bigger dork now?

18 posted on 08/20/2008 12:37:08 PM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)
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To: jmc813

Thanks for posting the full thread on this...I’m just in shock. I knew about the accident the day it happened, but I think we all expected LeRoi to get better...he was on his way. What a wonderful talent we’ve lost. Props to DMB for playing last night...the show must go on and all that...but it won’t quite be the same. My sons and I have traveled all over to see them and have, all together, racked up more than 50 shows. Yes, their politics aside (cancelled four old Warehouse memberships over it,agggh), DMB was something that, as a family, we have, over the years, from state to state, traveled and enjoy together.

LeRoi didn’t always appear in the band’s music videos, but this classic, with the surprise of LeRoi smiling at the very end, always made me smile too. RIP LeRoi.

So Much To Say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81PfFrl6Ars


19 posted on 08/20/2008 1:07:57 PM PDT by Kimberly GG (Don't blame me.....I support DUNCAN HUNTER.)
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thank you


20 posted on 08/20/2008 1:10:14 PM PDT by Kimberly GG (Don't blame me.....I support DUNCAN HUNTER.)
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