Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Dies
CNN is reporting that Dave Matthews Band saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band LeRoi Moore died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident. He had been rehabilitating at his in L.A. home after the June 30 accident at his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia, but died unexpectantly.
The Dave Matthews Band was formed in Charlottesville in 1991 by Matthews, drummer Carter Beauford and Moore, an established saxophonist in the local music scene. Their first album, “Remember Two Things,” was released in 1993 and featured what would become the band’s trademark mixture of jazz, rock and world-music stylings.
They went ahead and played 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 the accident. Dave Matthews announced the death of the band’s “dear friend” to the crowd.
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So sad. They produce such great music. We need to be lifting them up in prayer that God might use this as a way of bringing change in the rest of the band members.