LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, passed away yesterday afternoon due to complications from an ATV accident in late June. He was 46. Read the full post.
Aug 20
2008
08:13 PM ET
In Memoriam: LeRoi Moore
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Some of the sweetest notes in music that I have heard came from your soul,I know. I didn’t know you, but I would have liked you, I’m sure. Thank you for sharing.
My husband, Chris, daughter, Lucy and I were leaving for vacation when we heard the news of LeRoi’s passing. We decided then to dedicate our camping vacation to the memory of LeRoi. We listened to DMB all weekend. Lucy, who is 4 years old, loves ‘Ants Marching’. We listened over and over again to that beutiful song that has so much of LeRoi’s soul. I have a copy of the Staples concert from August 19, 2008. I can never make it through without shedding tears. You can hear the sorrow in the music. I have been a DMB fan since I first heard them in the early ’90s. I didn’t know LeRoi, but I know his music. We saw DMB at Post Gazette, PA on May 31, 2008. I thought, “how great to see Tim play with them.” Now I know that what was really great was seeing LeRoi for the last time, and not even knowing it. I have seen DMB more times than I can remember, but that show is emblazed in my memory forever. God rest you merry gentleman.
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Beautiful.
“Crash” was the very first music album I ever owned. I got it with a boombox with a tape-player when I was nine-years-old. I’ve loved Dave Matthews Band ever since. I particularly loved LeRoi’s woodwind work – he mastered every sax there is and had the prowess to improvise with all of them as if he thought and felt in musical notes. He was an amazing musician, and I’ll miss him like crazy. My condolences to his family and band-mates.
I just found out about Leroi through Facebook and I must say that I feel sick to my stomach. I listen to DMB’s CD’s everyday and try to match the strokes of genius on my Les Paul Special II. I am deeply saddend by this news. I feel as if The Band is a part of me and we are family. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you.
l have a comment,LEROI,really an atv? god damn you!!! i expected better.still mad at you. i expected you to get over being an ass before you died.lori
sorry last comment was a bit harsh,but found out today DMB is playing jazz fest this year and it won’t be the same in nola without you.miss you darlin’
Leroi, you surely will be missed… Allthough I haven’t seen you or DMB perform, I loved and STILL love to hear your music….
My thoughts go out to the family and friends…
RIP
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LeRoi you made the bands music your own and I wish your family the best in the future. Let them bury you shallow so that you may feel the rain.
I am absolutely speechless. The melodies that you have played raised the hair on the backs of our necks, made us Awww in amazement, and pulled every raw emotion of ours to the surface. Dave Matthews Band will never be the same without you. Forever loved, Forever Missed.
Thank you for your music. As pass times fade in memory it still keeps shining. Drinking whiskey by fire light barefoot and singing we dance.
RIP Leroi Moore. All the best to his family and the band. Leroi did what we all strive to do with our time here, and he did it millions of times over. He made people happy. He will be missed.
We miss you leroy RIP we will never for get thought and prayers with you
Happy Birthday Roi!
Forever Dancing with the GrooGrux King…
R.I.P.