LeRoi Moore RIP

[Gogar]

Like the band or not, This is unexpected and a bummer. The other guys in my band were good friends with this guy, and they're totally bummed. I'm not sure about the 'real' details.


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLiv75SLTKh2K3gBLlIcv6dUWG1QD92LPCEG1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group's founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from sudden complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.
Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, according to a statement released on the band's Web site. The statement did not specify what led to his death.
Moore was initially hospitalized in late June after the accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va. He was later discharged and had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin a physical rehabilitation program when complications forced him back to the hospital on July 17, the band said.
Galina Shinder, a nursing supervisor at Hollywood Presbyterian, said the hospital could not release any details.
Ambrosia Healy, the band's publicist, said the band's show Tuesday night in Los Angeles was not canceled. Saxophonist Jeff Coffin, who played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, had been sitting in for Moore during the band's summer tour.
Moore, who liked to wear his trademark dark sunglasses at the bands' live concerts, had classical training but said jazz was his main musical influence, according to a biography on the band's Web site.
"But at this stage I don't really consider myself a jazz musician," Moore said in the biography. Playing with the Dave Matthews Band was "almost better than a jazz gig," he said. "I have plenty of space to improvise, to try new ideas."
Lead singer Dave Matthews credited Moore with arranging many of his songs, which combine Cajun fiddle-playing, African-influenced rhythms and Matthews' playful but haunting voice.
The band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Va., when Matthews was working as a bartender. He gave a demo tape of his songs to Moore, who liked what he heard and recruited his friend and fellow jazzman Carter Beauford to play drums, and other musicians.
The group broke out of the local music scene with the album "Under the Table and Dreaming." The band won a Grammy Award in 1997 for its hit song "So Much to Say" off its second album "Crash." Other hits include "What Would You Say," "Crash Into Me" and "Satellite."

[LeeH]

Bummer. Seems like he was heavy on talent even though Dave is the front man.

[IROC]

Yeah, didn't DMB open up for BHTM back in the mid-90s? I forgot about that.

[Seric]

LeRoi was the reason the band came to be and arranged alot of the music. DMB will never sound the same and who knows if they will put out any more records now.

[Seahawk]

Mr. Moore was a great misician...the sound he created with the DMB will endure.

Funny, my Son the musician loves the old stuff, the Who, the Stones, LS, etc. (not my doing, btw, they can tune into whatever makes them happy).

But he knew LeRoi. I wish his family well.