Dave Matthews Band saxophonist dies

[Catch22Dem]

Source: CNN

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident, the band's publicist said.

Moore, 47, died "unexpectedly" at a hospital, publicist Ambrosia Healy said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/davematthews.band.death/index.html

[liberal renegade]

1. RIP

[jobycom]

2. Damn. Share a drink with Isaac if you see him. RIP.

What a year.

[seemslikeadream]

3. oh my

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNU600stLA

Don't argue amongst yourselves
Because of the loss of me
I'm sitting amongst yourselves
Don't think you can't see me
Don't argue amongst yourselves
Because of the loss of me
I haven't gone anywhere
but out of my body

Reach out and you'll touch me
Make effort to speak to me
Call out and you'll hear me
Be happy for me

Don't argue amongst yourselves
Because of the loss of me
I haven't gone anywhere
but out of my body

Reach out and you'll touch me
Make effort to speak to me
Call out and you'll hear me
Be happy for me

--Afro Celt Sound System

[hlthe2b]

4. Damn... what a dreadful shame... and a waste...

More talent in the heavenly band, I guess. RIP, Leoi. I very much enjoyed your talent.

[FrenchieCat]

5. RIP

:cry:

[yodermon]

6. no no no aaah dammit

i can't believe it
condolences to LeRoi's family & the band

dave's music has always dwelt on death a lot, i hope he stays strong, plus he lost his sister years ago in S. Africa (murder)
aw hell
:(

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Damn

I sat with the members of the Dave Matthews Band on a flight to Japan (they were on their way to China) once, and they were pleasant and friendly.

I had never heard of them at the time, and it wasn't until I saw them written up in a magazine that I found out that they were pretty well known.

Sad news. :-(

[Lisa0825]

8. Damn... way too young.

RIP

[Bennyboy]

9. First song tonight.....

Bartender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lS4EoTY1nQ (not tonights version but a good one to point to the poigniancy of the tune)

Jeff Coffin ""Send good thoughts to LeRoi"....

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Oh no!

:cry:
Rest in peace, LeRoi. Thanks for the music.
:cry:

[Zhade]

11. Going to have to listen to "Jimi Thing" and blaze one for him tonight.

: (

[MuseRider]

20. Perfect.

I did the same.

RIP LeRoi and peace to his family and the band.

[emmadoggy]

12. Oh, Damn! Horrible, sad news.

Hubby and I LOVE the Dave Matthews Band. Big fans of their music.

This is a tragic loss. Peace to his family and friends. :cry:

[donheld]

13. .

:cry:

[yodermon]

14. and OMG they *went on with the show* that is heartbreaking

The group went ahead with a scheduled show Tuesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jeff Coffin, saxophonist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, has been sitting in for Moore since Moore's accident.

Matthews announced the death of the band's "dear friend" to the crowd.

Concertgoer Christian Tomas of Anaheim, California, said by telephone from the Staples Center that word of the death had spread through the crowd before the show.

"All of us are just really sad and down about it," said Tomas, a longtime fan. "But if Dave and the band decided to go on with the show, that means they know it was the right thing to do and Leroi would have wanted it."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/davematthews.band.death/index.html

:cry:

[Bennyboy]

15. Tonights Setlist....

Bartender *
Proudest Monkey *
Satellite *
So Damn Lucky *
Eh Hee *
Water Into Wine *
Burning Down The House *
Dancing Nancies *
Loving Wings *
The Maker *
Sledgehammer *
Grey Street *
Dreaming Tree *
Crash Into Me *
Everyday
Anyone Seen The Bridge *
Too Much Intro *
Ants Marching *

__________________

Sister +
Corn Bread *
Two Step *



Show Notes:
Send good thoughts for LeRoi
* Jeff Coffin
+ Dave, Tim, Carter and Rashawn


Not all the great life and death songs but some of the heavier ones. Bartender certainly. Maker.....

BARTENDER:

If I go
Before I'm old
Oh, brother of mine
Please don't forget me if I go

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

Oh, and if I die
Before my time
Oh, sweet sister of mine
Please don't regret me if I die

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

I'm on bended knees, I pray
Bartender, please

When I was young, I never think about it
Now I can't get it out of my mind

I'm on bended knees
Father, please

Oh, and if all this gold
Should steal my soul away
Oh, sweet mother of mine
Please redirect me in this gold...

Bartender, you see
The wine that's drinking me
Came from the vine that strung Judas from the Devil's tree
His roots deep, deep in the ground

Bartender, you see
The wine that's drinking me
Came from the vine that strung Judas from the Devil's tree
His roots deep, deep in the ground

In the Ground...

I'm on bended knees
Oh, Bartender, please

I'm on bended knees
Father, please

When I was young, I never think about it
Now I just wanna run and die

I'm on bended knees
Oh, Bartender, please
Bartender, please...

[Earth_First]

16. Thanks for the music!

Rest in Peace!

[progressoid]

17. Just saw the news about this. Damn.

[Eurobabe]

18. Terrible news

I used to see him every so often in C'ville when I lived there. :cry:

[Virginia Dare]

19. He went to my alma mater, JMU!...

very very sad....:cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. :^(

[Roland99]

22. uhhh... "unexpectedly"???

wtf?

[AnneD]

23. Wonder if he

threw an embolism. So sad. My daughter got front row tickets to the recent DM concert here in Houston for a graduation gift from a friend. Better let her know.