LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday from complications stemming from an ATV accident he suffered in June. He was 46. Moore crashed his ATV on June 30 on his farm near Charlottesville, VA. He had been discharged from the hospital and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin a physical rehabilitation program, but complications from the accident sent him back to the hospital on July 17. The band issued a statement on its official website, describing Moore’s death as “unexpected.” Béla Fleck and the Flecktones saxophonist Jeff Coffin had been sitting in for the band’s summer tour.
The AP reports that Dave Matthews Band went ahead with their show on Tuesday at L.A.’s Staples Center, where Matthews dedicated the concert to Moore.
The Dave Matthews Band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, according to their website, when vocalist-guitarist Matthews tapped Moore and drummer Carter Beauford — both accomplished jazz musicians in the local Charlottesville music scene — to help record to tape some songs Matthews had written. Since then, according to the RIAA, Dave Matthews Band has sold over 31 million units in the U.S., putting them in the Top 100 highest-selling music acts of all time.
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Celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain…RIP Leroi, you & your music will forever be missed!
Mr. Leroi Moore on the saxophone!! RIP! You and your music will be greatly missed.
Mr. Leroi Moore on the saxophone!! RIP! You and your music will be greatly missed.
My heart dropped when i heard this news. After 25 shows, i can’t imagine him not being there. You will be missed Roi.
“I feel as small as dust…”
I saw his last show with the band (my 10th), and as amazing as he was that night and always, I’d trade every single show if he could somehow still be here. You’ll be missed, LeRoi. Celebrate we will.
oh wow! total shock!!!! I know we missed him in Charleston,SC thinking he would be ok but now we’ll always miss him. R.I.P. LeRoi
LeRoi will definitely be missed. I haven’t seen DMB live in over 5 years (at 33, I’m getting too old to handle the drunk-frat-boy crowd), and can’t quite imagine seeing them live without him. My thoughts are with his family, friends and bandmates.
We’ll miss you LeRoi! This summer’s shows weren’t the same without you…you’ll never be replaced in our hearts!
I remember when I was installing the wireless network on the tour bus, Leroi had so many cherished laughs together. I’ll never forget the time when for about 2 hours we couldn’t find out why the wireless mouse wouldn’t work, come to find out Leroi forgot to put the batteries in. HAHA, man, Logitech makes great stuff.
I am truly sad today. In tribute, LeRoi’s Sax blasted in my car on the way to take my kids to school. Crash was our wedding song and I rocked my little ones to sleep to DMB and LeRoi’s sax… Now over a decade later they are our family’s band. My thoughts and prayers go out to the whole band and LeRoi’s family and friends.
Sad Sad news. I know heaven just got that much better by taking Leroi from us. He will teach them how to jam. I have seen them play 53 times. Most recently 2 shows with Jeff (Leroi’s fill in) and it was great but different. I’m so glad I also got to see one of his last performances. He always brought something special to his spot in the band,just like the rest of them. That is what makes DMB so awesome! He will definitely be missed. R.I.P. Leroi JAM 2 DMB 4 EVER! dmbjamz aka dmb3420
We missed Leroi at our concert in Raleigh, NC on July 2nd. His music will play in our hearts forever. RIP Roi your talent and gifts on the sax are beyond words you will be greatly missed!
Leroi has touched many days in my life. He is a man who has put a smile on my face time and time again. Thank you for providing outstanding music for our time. Your music and spirt will live in history.
I was saddened to hear that he had passed. I have been trying to get an update on his condition for some time, and I was completely shocked this morning to hear he had died. I’ve had some of his solos echoing in my head all morning. My prayers are with his family, friends, fans, and bandmates.
dont worry peeps, the DMB will continue to suck… even without leroi!
Dave Matthews Band has lost a great man, and a great sax player. I know it won’t be the same without him.
I only saw one concert but it was the best concert I have ever been to. LeRoi was great live.
Play on, LeRoi. Rest In Peace.
LeRoi will be greatly missed at the Gorge this year… thoughts and prayers to his family, and the entire DMB community….
Very sad situation. He was a founding member of the band and always a calming precense on the band it seemed. I was fortunate enough to be at the last show he played before the accident. Many people are not aware but he still suffered from stage freight up until his last show which is why he wore shades and hid in the shadows when he was not playing.
RIP Leroi- “Celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain.”
LeRoi’s haunting solo’s on Listener Supported’s #41 took us to that magical place where music transcends everything else. Rest well our brother. The world is a little less today without you.
I have been to 21 Dave Matthews Band concerts and I cannot believe that ROI is gone. His solos and tightness with the band will be forever missed. I am a huge fan of the band and each individual who makes up this amazing music group. They are like no other and it is so tragic to know one is now gone forever. LeRoi was influential, mesmorizing, inspirational and was nothing short of phenomanol at his art. He will be deeply missed. I was saddend to hear the news and I am still in a state of shock. After seeing the band perform so many times and looking information up you feel like you know them. RIP LEROI MOORE
i’ve seen DMB a bunch of times and they are by far and away the most over rated band alive. nothing like paying top dollar for a band that plays 10 songs and you can hardly understand a word dave says. i was sorry to hear about leroi though, he was very talented and he will be missed by the legion of pathetic dave heads
I was in total shock when I heard the news. No words can really describe what has happened. All I know to say is the world is a little less talented today. Leroi is the most talented musician I ever heard play. The band just won’t be the same without Leroi. We will all miss you. Celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain… RIP Leroi
Prayers are with Leroi’s family, the band, and the DMB community today. Leroi was such a master talent, and seemed like a very humble man. When he played the intro to One Sweet World at Bristow, Va. in 1996, it sounded like musical honey coming out of that sax. Heaven’s music just got a little sweeter . . .
“If I die, before I’m old,oh brother of mine please don’t forget me if I go. If I die, before my time, oh sweet sister of mine please don’t regret me if I die.” – We will never forget and never regret having heard you play-rest in peace.
Ive only seen Dave twice. and im 14… they are defiantly my favorite band! Dave Matthews band is amazing! i can probably speak for a lot of people when i say that we are all mourning with the rest of the band. Leroi was an amazing saxophonist and he still is. he will never be forgotten. i love you Dave,carter,Boyd,Stephan and of course Leroi.
RIP Leroi<3
you will always be remembered.
I am totally shocked and saddened by Roi’s sudden passing. I have been listening to DMB and going to their shows forever. The Band will not be the same without him. “I wanted to stay, I wanted to play, I wanted to love you”. God Bless you Leroi. Jam in heaven forever.
Couldn’t you “Dave-haters” find some other place to email your crummy comments with your lack of proper spelling and grammar?
It is a sad day without LeRoi – we are attending the Phoenix show this Saturday and it definitely will not be the same without him.
RIP LeRoi…you will be sorely missed…
wow…i caught their show in Alpine Valley and it was definitely the best concert i’ve ever been to. i just can’t believe he’s gone now… You will always be missed man!
Celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain… I’ve seen DMB 14 times and I’m 59 years old. Love the band and am so happy I have so many cds of my concerts to listen to Roi. I find it amazing that people on the EW boards will rip anyone at anytime. Amazingly shallow. Why would someone go to see a band over and over if they hate them? Certainly am glad these folks aren’t my friends. I’ll even take the drunken frat boys over boorish jerks who post on the boards anytime! Never had a bad time at a DMB concert, just always go to the john during Where are you going! I can listen to Two Step at every concert, I go to hear what I love!
Shallow?! Going and seeing concerts; buying CD’s; locking oneself in one’s room to listen to the CD’s; studying lyrics and finding spots where the band is “really, really talking to me!”; spending hours talking to other fanatics about the band; and on and on; yeah, now that’s a life.
You obsess over a bunch of losers semi-playing instruments and singing half-a$$ed lyrics, and we enjoy posting satirical comments in response to news stories. Neither is more or less noble, but a key difference is that we take a brief break from our lives to do this. From the sound of some of the posts on here, following DMB *IS* your life. Shallow indeed.