I mentioned this briefly in my blog, but I didn't know if people here knew about it, and I know some of us like or used to like the Dave Matthews Band, so here's the sad news:
We are deeply saddened that 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. LeRoi had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.
It seems that the band plans to continue without him, and they did have touring saxophone player Jeff Coffin filling in for LeRoi while he was still in the hospital, but I don't know if they plan to make him a permanent member. Trumpet player Rashawn Ross has also been hanging out with the band. So we'll see where it goes. It will definitely not be the same without LeRoi. He was the "jazzy" element of the band, and when he played the flutes and/or whistles on songs like "Say Goodbye" and "Bartender", it was absolutely gorgeous.
