LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band and one of the band’s founding members passed away today at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
The news comes just six weeks after Moore was seriously injured in an ATV accident at his home outside of Charlottesville on June 30, 2008. In a statement from a Dave Matthews Band rep to TMZ.com, the cause of death resulted from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident. The statement goes on to say that Moore was in Los Angeles to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program. LeRoi Moore was 46 years old. [Read more at cVillain]
Our thoughts and prayers go out to LeRoi Moore’s family, the Dave Matthews Band, and to all of LeRoi’s friends and fans.
LeRoi Moore
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let us not remember him only for his DMB fame, but for his musicianship, sense of humor, intelligence and humbleness… He shall never be forgotten…
well said Jay.
I remember many pleasantly, surprising encounters with LeRoi at the Outback Lodge back in the late 90s. He was always looking for a lively debate about the current state of affairs. My buddy and I treated him like a regular joe, and I think he appreciated it. Being a fellow sax player, I always admired his chops. Whenever I complimented him on his latest work, he would usually just shrug it off and say he could’ve done better. My favorite memory about LeRoi happened about 5 years ago. I was playing in a band called Kimystery at the Outback and in walks LeRoi. He promptly sat in front of the wall that separates the soundboard from the dance floor and watched us play the best set we ever played. Afterwards, he told us he was blown away and speechless. That was the last time I saw him. He could be sweet, surly, shy and deep all at the same time. Just listen to his alto solo at the end of Jimi Thing. It defines him to me.
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LeRoi Moore, our fallen friend…
Sunday, May 14th, 2003…”Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations,” he said over and over again to me (without letting me interrupt him) , the day after Morwenna and I graduated from Berklee College of Music. With a blocked number calling my phone, I was hesitant to answer, but I had a feeling it was a call I should pick up. Hearing how big his smile was and his pride for my accomplishment was unreal. A musician I had grown up listening to since I was 12 years old, had called me to congratulate me on graduating music school. He kept saying to me that I did something that he only dreamed of and that I was on a great track.
Ever since I first met him, he always said I had incredible energy and a drive that was unlike anyone else. Since then he always acted as a mentor to me, listening to new ideas & songs, inviting me to meet people in the music industry, and encouraging me to never stop writing & playing. He was a very intelligent, hilarious, and humble person. He got me my first professional gig playing a DMB side-stage show in Mansfield, MA and he said my music was “too beautiful.” I think he was “too beautiful” and he will be missed dearly. I can’t imagine what people closer are feeling, but I am heartbroken and crushed, like so many…
If you ever have seen me write “stay on the positive tip,” It is a quote that LeRoi wrote to me (when I was a kid in middle school) on a flyer of theirs when DMB released their first major CD. I truly believe that it is necessary for all of us to get through any hard situations with positivity, so let us do just that. Be who you are, love what you do, love the ones around you and don’t take anyone or anything for granted.
with love, guidance, and the utmost sincerity,
Stay on the positive tip…
-Jay Pun
Could we round up some support for the fund in LeRoi’s name here at cvillain? Ideas?
Wow, Jay Pun- that was beautiful what you wrote. I never even met LeRoi. I’m just a DMB fan who’s seen the band play 36 times over the past 11 years now. I’m feeling such sorrow over the loss of LeRoi and his music will forever be heard. It helps to read such beautiful posts like yours from those who personally knew Roi. It just shows us what a truly amazing person he was. Of course all of us DMB fans have known that through the soulful music LeRoi played at each and every show. We will forever miss him and his music dearly.