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.

8/19/2008 10:18:01 PM

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[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 10:19 PM. Reason : it's mysteriously gone.]

8/19/2008 10:18:28 PM

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8/19/2008 10:19:09 PM

man that sucks. he was always one of my inspirations when i played in jazz bands. say what you want about dmb, but their musicianship is unparalleled in my mind, and its gonna take a big hit now

8/19/2008 11:03:22 PM

they were no Sex Pistols

8/19/2008 11:05:19 PM

huge childhood part of me has died

8/20/2008 12:23:07 AM

RIP Leroi. The musical world has lost one hell of a talent.

8/20/2008 1:15:14 AM

man that sucks

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"say what you want about dmb, but their musicianship is unparalleled in my mind, and its gonna take a big hit now"

yeah, because there are no other great saxaphone players that are well suited for the job...

8/20/2008 3:16:32 AM

i cant wait til vinylbuilt posts in here

8/20/2008 3:28:03 AM

bwahaha

8/20/2008 3:46:43 AM

8/20/2008 10:46:13 AM

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"say what you want about dmb, but their musicianship is unparalleled in my mind, and its gonna take a big hit now"

he was good and they are talented - even if I dont like the music they write - but saying DMB's musicianship is unparalleled is kind of silly. But this thread isnt about that so ill stop.

8/20/2008 10:55:15 AM

So you mean DMB is gonna suck now? Shame he died. I'll stop too.

8/20/2008 11:03:23 AM

sucks that he died

but he's no clarence clemons

8/20/2008 11:50:45 AM

8/20/2008 1:28:57 PM

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"yeah, because there are no other great saxaphone players that are well suited for the job... "

A true band doesn't work that way.

When Clarence Clemmons is gone (20 years from now, god willing), that will be the end of the E-Street Band. It is simply not the same anymore.

I'm not a DMB fan, but this does suck.

8/20/2008 4:30:04 PM

they were giving DMB a hard time on the radio b/c they played a concert tues night after learning of his death.

8/20/2008 5:10:18 PM

It does seem odd to me that they would be composed enough to go on with a show after the death of someone who had been with the band since its inception (15 years). Who knows though, maybe that actually is what he would have wanted...

8/21/2008 3:14:34 PM

there goes the best part of that band... now theyre going to suck more without a sax

8/21/2008 6:46:45 PM

his aunt was a substitute teacher at my middle school (back when under the table and dreaming had just come out). she talked about meeting the band what "nice boys" they were. i feel for his family. not really a fan of their music anymore, but if his aunt is any indication, he was likely a good man.

8/21/2008 8:03:29 PM

http://panicstream.net/streams/dmb/2008-08-19/player.html

if you want to hear the show from 8/19 when he died. it streams...great quality
listening now

8/22/2008 2:49:01 PM

bleeding gums murphy >

8/22/2008 3:19:29 PM

I had a friend who was at that show and said it was extremely emotional.

8/22/2008 10:43:21 PM

wow that sucks, i mean im no DMB fan, but i appreciate their talent as musicians.

RIP man, now you can jam with Duke Ellington, Dizzy G, Miles Davis and Hendrix.....in the great gig in the sky

8/22/2008 11:30:41 PM

Well I guess deaths really do come in threes. Someone on here just asked the other week after Hayes dies, "Who will complete the black trivecta?" I guess we know now.

8/23/2008 11:57:38 PM