LeRoi Moore of Dave Matthews Band Dies

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, August 20, 2008

We are still having a hard time believing that LeRoi Moore, saxophone player from the Dave Matthews Band, passed away yesterday afternoon. Moore had been suffering from head wounds he received in a ATV accident on his farm, in backwoods Virgina last June. He suddenly took a turn for the worse and died in Los Angeles Tuesday. There were sudden complications in his condition. He was 46.

“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.”

Moore was a founding member of the band and a vital part of its jazz-infused sound. Moore was classical trained, but always claimed jazz was his main influence. Lead singer Dave Matthews has credited Moore with doing the arranging on most of the bands’ songs.

“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.”

LeRoi and his trademark sunglasses will be missed by his many fans. LeRoi and his special touch on songs such as “Crush” and “Ants Marching” can never be replaced. Rest in peace music man.

[Glide Magazine]

LeRoi Moore of Dave Matthews Band Dies

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