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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
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 Posted - 08/19/2008 : 9:29:38 PM
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I just got word that LeRoi passed away. I sat and looked at the words in the email for quite some time. My stomach feels like it is in such a knot.
Please, all who read this, PLEASE send good thoughts and vibes to his family and friends. To Tim and Dave, I am so very sorry! To the entire DMB band I can't even digest this. I am devastated. |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2008 : 10:55:11 PM
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Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2008 : 11:16:02 PM
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| Whoa. I'm utterly speechless. Hope his family, friends, and the band are doing okay. What a beautiful soul and beautiful musician, and so young. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2008 : 11:16:04 PM
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| I just went to the Warehouse site to see the live setlist and I got the banner with Leroi Moore, 1961-2008. I didn't believe my eyes at first. I don't even know what to think. |
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RaiderCyclist
Is Anybody Here?
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 12:22:36 AM
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| It is really hard to hear that he is gone. He is a great musician. Please everyone, keep him and especially his family and friends in your prayer or whatever you believe in during this time of sorrow. |
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
1916 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 12:34:33 AM
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| This is truly sad. My heart goes out to his family and friends. |
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jsemon2
Yak Addict
USA
920 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 12:35:18 AM
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| i cant even imagine the feeling at the venue right now.... |
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therippa
Fluffy-Esque
Kazakhstan
1099 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 03:59:36 AM
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| wow...just read this on digg. He will be truly missed, and DMB won't be the same anymore. |
Aspiring to Be Fluffy-Esque an Alien Abductee! |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 06:31:48 AM
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I keep fighting the tears. This is from the road page:
As we sat this afternoon contemplating the loss of our brother, we wondered how we could possibly do a show today. Dave put it into perspective stating, "There's no place I'd rather be than here with you guys right now." We cherish special memories of our lost friend. Tonight, Dave told a story about LeRoi at a bar in Virginia where the cash register was near the stage and LeRoi leaned on the register because "standing had become a chore". Roi proceeded to play the most beautiful version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Dave said, "that was the day I fell in love with him. And I'm still in love with him." It's safe to say we all were in love with him. "It's always easier to leave, than to be left." -DM |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 09:12:55 AM
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I can't imagine how they went on with the show last night. I would have been a blubbering mess. Heck, I wasn't even in the band and I'm almost a blubbering mess. I think I'm still in shock with all of this.
One thing is for sure, all I'm listening to today is DMB 6/28/2008 and before. |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 09:49:31 AM
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All I keep playing is a song by House of Freaks, Bryan Harvey, who was murdered along with his wife and young daughters almost three years ago.
Remember Me Well
When I lay down my head,
Bound for heaven or hell,
After all's said and done
Please remember me well
You can dance on my grave,
You can ring out the bells,
You can drink to my health
But remember me well
Sing a soldier's lament
Hear the stories he tells
If you all shed a tear
Please remember me well
When my ships going down
And the band plays it's nell
When the mask disappears
Remember me well
In a hundred years past
With other worlds I will dwell
When I'm gone from this world
Please remember me well
You can dance on my grave
You can ring out the bells
After all's said and done
Please Remember me well
Just Remember me well
WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU WELL ROI! (Just as I will always remember Bryan and his family)
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
10739 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 1:23:33 PM
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From AP, Nice stuff from Dave...
DMB Sax Player LeRoi Moore Dies
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 20) - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what led to his death, and nursing supervisor Galina Shinder said the hospital could not release details.
On June 30, Moore crashed his ATV on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va., but was discharged and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin physical therapy. Complications forced him back to the hospital on July 17, the band said.
The band went on with its show Tuesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where lead singer Dave Matthews dedicated the entire show to Moore.
"It's always easier to leave than be left," Matthews told the crowd, according to Ambrosia Healy, the band's publicist. "We appreciate you all being here."
Saxophonist Jeff Coffin, who played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, had been sitting in for Moore during the band's summer tour.
Moore, who wore dark sunglasses at the bands' many live concerts, had classical training but said jazz was his main musical influence, according to a biography on the band's Web site.
"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."
Lead singer Dave Matthews credited Moore with arranging many of his songs, which combine Cajun fiddle-playing, African-influenced rhythms and Matthews' playful but haunting voice.
The band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Va., when Matthews was working as a bartender. He gave a demo tape of his songs to Moore, who liked what he heard and recruited his friend and fellow jazzman Carter Beauford to play drums, and other musicians.
The group broke out of the local music scene with the album "Under the Table and Dreaming." The band won a Grammy Award in 1997 for its hit song "So Much to Say" off its second album "Crash." Other hits include "What Would You Say," "Crash Into Me" and "Satellite."
Fans who attended Tuesday's concert expressed sadness over Moore's death and concern about the band's future without him. "LeRoi was just super important to the band," Shawn Harrington said before the concert. "That's how the band came to be."
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
There are loads of photos and video attached the the article. If you would like to check them out here is the link:
http://www.popeater.com/music/article/dmb-sax-player-leroi-moore-dies/141371?icid=200100397x1208092367x1200405806
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"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 08/20/2008 : 1:34:24 PM
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This was posted on The Flecktone's website:
"Dear LeRoi,
May you always be a light.
May you always be a friend.
May what you did for others be done for others too.
You have been a great friend.
You have been a great supporter.
You have been an inspiration for a generation.
The world will miss you.
I hope you're playing with Coltrane right now.
Love,
--All of us"
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AGirlNamedPsycho
Try A Little Harder
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 7:34:33 PM
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I heard this while I was at work today.
The announcer guy for the local 'hard rock' station - generally the more tolerable station in Lincoln Nebraska most of the time, and even then it's poisoned with pop offerings from screamo bands - the guy just glazed over it like it couldn't possibly pertain to the crowd at home. "Hmm let's see, what did I do today, oh yeah, went to the store, bought some ravioli, uhm what else... oh yeah that guy from Dave Matthews Band died..."
I learned to play guitar almost entirely on Dave Matthews Band material. Obviously this eventually led me to Tim Reynolds and the Flecktones and AGR and that other stuff but it started with DMB.
I listen to early recordings of myself on stage and I hear bits and pieces of LeRoi in my solos - I never tried to mimic him, hell I never try to learn solos period. It was just there. Didn't even realize it till I went back to the DMB stuff I hadn't listened to in forever. How his notes ended up in my guitar work is sort of a mystery to me.
A great light is extinguished. Nothing lasts, but many things don't last long enough. The music tells us to celebrate, for life is short, but I find myself at a standstill today. |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2008 : 02:13:12 AM
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I wrote a song for LeRoi. Here are some of the lyrics:
I hear notes on the wind
I hear music on the breeze
I feel the love coming in
I feel the joy you breathe
Roi, you left us too soon
Roi, your magic will be missed too
Roi, I sing for you now
Roi, as I sing for this tune |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2008 : 2:57:45 PM
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I just went on SOKO's myspace page today, first time since the passing of Le Roi. Not sure why it took me so long to go there. Mike was a good friend of LeRoi's going back long before there was even the idea of DMB. Roi played on SOKO's first CD, In November Sunlight. SOKO is currently making a remake of that CD. Mike and I corresponded a lot Tuesday night, well into Wed morning. Mike was the one who broke the news to me.
I am going to post Mike's opening blog about Roi here, but he has other words there that touched my soul and I know will touch yours. I don't feel right posting all his words here, but you can go to www.myspace.com/sokomusic and read them for yourself. You can also hear the new INS version and listen to Roi making his sax sing! Mike sent me that track Tuesday night and it moved me to tears, but felt so comforting that I played it over and over again for hours. Scroll down to read comments and more inspirational words by SOKO. Also, feel free to add your own comments, I know it would make him feel good. (I would have, but I don't have a myspace acct.) Like anyone who has suffered the loss of someone they loved knows, time doesn't always make the pain feel less, it can sometimes make one feel the loss even more. Roi's passing left a huge void that hasn't begun to be felt by anyone yet.
Here is Mike's (SOKO) tribute to Le Roi:
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
LeRoi Moore: The King. Thank you.
Current mood: sad
Category: Music
We are devastated by today's passing of our brother and mentor, LeRoi Moore. Not only was he one of the kindest, most generous, most deeply intelligent and hilarious people one could ever hope to meet, but he was one of the greatest saxophonists ever to walk this rock. He'd scoff at the notion, but those who know, know. We are blessed to have shared air with him. He was also our biggest supporter -- "thanks" doesn't remotely do it justice.
As many of our fans know, we've been working on a re-do of our first album, which featured Roi on 5 tracks -- an album that he prodded us to do in the first place. The re-do of the title track, In November Sunlight, features a solo from LeRoi that moves us to the core. So, here's a non-mix, bass-heavy and not ready for prime time, with an absolutely beautiful LeRoi solo. You need to hear it.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 08/21/2008 : 5:36:07 PM
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This is definitely on the wrong side of tragic.
Is there any word on what the band is going to do long-term? Are they going to adopt another sax player to "replace" him? |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2008 : 5:46:28 PM
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| I doubt they have even thought of that yet. I think they are still just coming to grips with the loss, which is huge! |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2008 : 01:49:03 AM
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I am sure DMB will continue, but it just won't be the same. They might do what Gov't Mule did, and have guests.
I am sure LeRoi wouldn't want them to stop because of his passing. I am sure he'd want them to carry on making the wonderful music they make. It will just be difficult at first and it will not be the same, but things happen and sadly it had to happen like this. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
10739 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2008 : 12:05:30 PM
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Hey PJK, it occurred to me that since you don't have a myspace account you may not have read this yet. It is what I posted on TR3's myspace page to accompany the song. Mike's words are absolutely beautiful and sum up LeRoi so well. Literally brought tears to my eyes.
Posted as a blog on www.myspace.com/timreynoldstr3
Soko feat. LeRoi Moore "In November Sunlight"(previously unreleased version)
Sokolowski ©1991, 2008
LeRoi Moore, tenor sax
Michael Sokolowski, piano
Houston Ross, bass, nylon string guitar
Nir Zidkyahu, drums
Mike Sokolowski (of Soko) shared this unreleased version of "In November Sunlight" featuring a never-before-heard sax recording by LeRoi Moore with me the day after LeRoi passed. Alot of you may be familiar with Soko's CD of the same name from '96 which features this title track but is a completely different recording than the version presented here. Soko has been working on a completely new recording of the entire INS CD and as Mike went back thru all the '95 takes listening to what they had recorded he discovered this beautiful LeRoi sax take recorded for original INS release but Soko ended up going with a slightly slower take for the final version of the track. He decided to build the new version around this original, slightly faster, '95 sax part as he thought it was wonderful & felt it should see the light of day. Everything else you hear on this track has been recorded over the last year as they have been working on the new version of the INS CD.
I was talking with Mike the day that LeRoi passed and the next morning I found this gem in my inbox from Mike and it literally brought tears to my eyes. I called Mike and asked him if he would mind if I shared it with others and he said he would be "honored". Mike also suggests pulling out your copy of "Code Magenta" featuring LeRoi Moore, Greg Howard & Dawn Thompson if you haven't played it in a while as he says it features some of LeRoi's best work and has been quite uplifting in this time of pain & loss.
So, thank you Mike for sharing this recording of LeRoi with the rest of us and special thanx to LeRoi Moore for all the music he has given us, his fans & the world. Your contribution to our lives can never be measured and will of course be sorely missed.
Rest In PEACE LeRoi, your light will shine on thru the music!
Please remember this is only a rough mix & not the final mix that will appear on the forthcoming, re-recorded "In November Sunlight"
NOTE FROM MIKE SOKOLOWSKI:
You gotta listen past the raw, bass-heavy nature of this mix. This is not even a mix, per se, just some tracks quickly exported out of my computer program for us to listen to as we work on the record. In fact, Houston and I had been talking about sending a clip to Roi, but kept holding back, wanting to wait for a nice mix. Big regret, as I think he would have been surprised to know that there was a take that good in the can from those sessions. But I believe that in some way, he's hearing it now.
The thing about LeRoi -- and the reason so many millions of people feel a sense of personal loss -- is that his music was completely devoid of bullshit. Like any musician, he had musical peaks and valleys, but he never played an inauthentic note. No musical exhibitionism from LeRoi Moore; it was always pure communication. That's why, even though he lurked in the shadows of the bandstand, didn't sing the songs, or rap to the audience, people felt they knew him. And they DID know him -- they knew the essence of who he was, because he made the choice to speak honestly through his horn. To use his horn to actually reach people, and not simply (or simplemindedly) to try to impress them. He could start anywhere in the measure, end anywhere in the measure, and it always flowed. It was an effortlessly beautiful floating and weaving of melody, phrasing and dynamics expertly controlled -- like a captivating storyteller. Never forced. Never clever for cleverness' sake. It wasn't jazz, it wasn't folk, it wasn't rock, it wasn't classical. And it wasn't about eclectically mashing those together in a conscious way. LeRoi's music was the result of a brilliant and open-minded student of music taking it all in and speaking back to us, naturally.
Houston used to tell him that he was in his "top five," and LeRoi would scoff at that notion, modest and obviously made uncomfortable by the suggestion. But damn it, it's true for me, too. Sure, you've got your Coltrane and you've got your Wayne Shorter and maybe a couple of others -- absolute unequivocal masters of the instrument -- but if I could have called any living saxophonist to play my music and serve it the way I envision it to be and without having to explain it, it would have always been him. A kindred spirit, a master musician whose level I won't attain in a couple of lifetimes, and a beautiful person who simply breathed when he played. God Bless you, LeRoi. I miss you and I think you'll dig this take.
-- Michael Sokolowski, Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
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Posted - 08/22/2008 : 12:41:04 PM
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| The SOKO recording grabbed my heart and spun it around. Can you feel that too when you listen to it? I am so grateful to have heard it. An absolutely amazing and beautiful song. |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2008 : 1:32:35 PM
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Fluffy, THANK YOU!!!! Posting that meant a lot to me!
Mike sent me the INS track on Tues too and I cried like a baby listening to it. Played it over and over again for hours. I was just talking to him a day or so before Roi died about the mixing and how that was on hold because Rob was so busy with DMB's work. Mike did all the engineering himself.
It was fitting too, that I learned of LeRoi's passing from Mike.
Roi's untimely passing is still so fresh, so numbing, that I don't think anyone will understand the enormity of the void he left. Not sure it will ever be totally grasped or understood.
On a positive note, it sure has brought a lot of people together, who, for various reasons, drifted apart.
As for people wondering about DMB, while I can't speak for them, I think like other musicians, music is in their souls and it will go on. Roi would have wanted them to, I'm sure. Obviously if they feel the need for a sax player, someone else will play it. Other bands have lost members and continued. While not the same, live music never is the same anyway, it is always a work in progress.
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SpaceMonkey
Chatterbox
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Posted - 08/23/2008 : 2:29:19 PM
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I highly recommend the following blog post:
http://www.lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php
For those of you who give credence to the famous-people-dying-in-threes theory, Leroi's death comes after the passing of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes. Interestingly enough, Morgan Freeman was also in a near-fatal vehicle accident a few weeks back.
By the way, TR wrote a great song about finding the strength to live and endure...
Just passed through something,
it's hard to find the words for.
Wish I knew, what will it take?
I can give much, much more.
Yearn inside,
sometimes it breaks you up in pieces.
Feel alive,
sometimes it's so intense it weakens you.
Fall away,
sometimes there's no fire
inside to make your day,
and as we have to say
what we can't say,
but I am strong and my love
can't be swayed.
Where is the fire
Look around:
what do you see?
what are you feeling?
If falling down
is what you fear
I'll do the healing.
On the fringe,
between what's so
and what's surrounding us.
What's at stake: the flame
we live by and we cherish.
Hide and seek,
no resolution lately, strong or weak.
It cuts inside me when the outlook's bleak,
but I am strong and won't accept defeat.
Where is the fire |
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 3:20:26 PM
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| Wow, I actually have been thinking about the lyrics to Where Is The Fire a lot in the last few days too! |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2008 : 10:02:50 PM
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| what album is that from? |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
-the Ranting Thespian |
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 11:37:22 PM
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| It's on Sanctuary, Disc 1, and the Puke Matrix Tour live album. Great tune. |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 07:24:04 AM
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Leroi's funeral arrangements were posted today. I for one sincerely hope that fans, while paying respect, also give the family and friends of Leroi some space to grieve. I am surprised this wasn't being kept private. I would just hate to see real friends get kept out being replaced by fans. Just my thoughts. I did want to say that the reason I posted this, is because it gave me a great deal of comfort reading it, and I am sure it will do the same for others here. Tim's fans aren't going to rush down to C'ville for the funeral. DMB fans likely will, hopefully in a respectful manner, but this was posted on antsmarching first, so all the DMB fans already know about it.
I took out the specifics. I don't in even the smallest way, want to contribute to this spiritual event being made public. Don't know why I didn't think to do that in the first place. If ants wants to continue to run it, so be it, that is up to them. I for one will be devastated if my friends who knew and loved Roi way before there ever was a DMB are kept out while fans get "in." I was told this was to be a very private affair, I don't know why it was published the way it was.
I hope all fans who were thinking of making the trip to C'ville, or those who live there, will re-think things. Be near by, get a beer at Millers, watch from a distance, but PLEASE don't try to attend or interfere. The friends and family need to be there, they need closure, they need time to grieve. Send postitive healing, comforting vibes and/or prayers. I think a candle light vigil at the Gorge would be the beautiful way for fans to show their love. I hope that happens. Peace to all.
LeRoi Holloway Moore
LeRoi Holloway Moore was born on September 7, 1961, in Durham, North Carolina to the late Albert P. Moore and Roxie Holloway Moore.
The family settled in Charlottesville, Virginia during LeRoi's early childhood.
Roi's musical aptitude was demonstrated as a mere toddler when he would walk around scatting jazz riffs, "Bop Bop." Today, LeRoi is still called "Bop Bop" by his aunts and uncles.
Roi attended Charlottesville area public schools and graduated from the Western Albermarle High School. During this time he studied and mastered the saxophone.
Roi's dedication to music was evident in Charlottesville. He was a founding member of the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra and the John D'earth Quintet, which played weekly at Millers.
In 1991, LeRoi met Dave Matthews and agreed to record songs with him for a demo tape.
Shortly after this partnership, Roi became a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band and played the flute, penny whistle, and a variety of saxophones.
He was one of the few saxophonist to become a key member of a pop rock band. Jake Werkmeister said in a recent article, "What you may not know is how this seemingly humble man has single-handedly changed the way that a saxophonist is perceived in a rock band."
In addition to his love of music, LeRoi was an avid sports fan. He played football in high school. He enjoyed watching golf, soccer and his beloved Dallas Cowboys.
Roi was the oldest of three brothers and was part of the famous trio, "RoiRodneyand Jeffrey." His favorite moments were those spent with family and friends. His trademarks to the world were the sound of his saxophone and dark glasses. His trademarks to his family and loved ones were his infectious smile, laugh, generosity and wonderful sense of humor.
LeRoi was engaged to Ms. Lisa Bean in November. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving mother, Roxie Holloway Moore; two brothers, Rodney Moore and Jeffrey Moore; a sister-in-law, Rosemary Moore and a host of loving family members and adoring music fans.
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 08/27/2008 : 8:00:46 PM
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I hope that the ceremony goes peacefully and any dmb, tim/tr3, and other of his projects' fans keep their distance for now.
I am sure they will have a time for fans to grieve and pay tribute as well soon.
I am personally paying respect by downloading LeRoi's last show with dmb and playing it with friends to honor him. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
-the Ranting Thespian |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2008 : 01:25:10 AM
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| I was listening to an old Samples show from 94 that he and Boyd guested on. His sax work is so stunning. Definitely, definitely one of the greats. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2008 : 11:32:33 AM
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I want to share the following article about LeRoi's funeral that Mike (Soko) sent to me with those of you who are also mourning the loss of this wonderful musician. There was a small photo of Carter with the article, but not sure how to cut and paste that. Sorry.
From THE HOOK
Entertainment, Featured, People 04:43 am August 28th 2008
Tortured,shining Moore remembered by Dave
by Lindsay Barnes
As a soft but steady rain the first in more than a month fell on his hometown yesterday morning, friends and family of LeRoi Moore filed into Charlottesville biggest church to remember the late Dave Matthews Band saxophonist, who died August 19, from injuries suffered June 30 in an all-terrain vehicle accident on his farm outside of town.
Eulogizing Moore was the Rev. Dr. William Guthrie, the former rector of Moores family church, Trinity Episcopal. Guthrie revealed that the accident had put Moore into a coma, but that he would awaken to greet well-wishers, both in Charlottesville, and in Los Angeles where he had a second home and was to begin a long rehabilitation program.
In Los Angeles, said Guthrie, he suffered a fatal embolism that would eventually take his life.
Though the nearly 1,000 turned out to say goodbye to Moore, only the four men seated in the center, together for over 17 years, knew him as they did; and each member of Dave Matthews Band coped with grief in a way oddly metaphorical to his onstage role.
Drummer Carter Beauford was driving the rest of the band forward with ready smiles and handshakes. Bassist Stefan Lessard was steadily, stoically keeping from succumbing to his emotions. Violinist Boyd Tinsley, whose athleticism and onstage exuberance have become legendary, was freely expressive, holding onto friends in long embraces.
The only bandmate not wearing the white pallbearers gloves would be the one to voice their common message for their fallen brother.
Roi loved people, said Matthews, but he had the hardest time loving himself, and that was the most difficult thing about being his friend for me, watching him torture himself.
Matthews said the 46-year Moore was a good soul, but he was a tortured soul. But he loved his family and he loved his friends, said Matthews. He was finding himself, finding the light inside himself,Matthews said, and it was shining more than it had for a very long time.
Matthews credited Moores fiance Lisa Bean for such newfound happiness.
I believe her unwavering love for him, Matthews said, and her willingness to stand in front of him, as he was reluctant to love himself, and insisted on it, caused him to eventually see the light.
It was so bright, Matthews continued, that we could all see it so much all of the time, when he would put that horn in his mouth and make the most astonishingly honest music that could knock you over, and it would sink right to the middle of you.
Matthews no stranger to performing in stadiums for tens of thousands appeared slightly nervous addressing the hundreds assembled in First Baptist Church on leafy Park Street. Swaying back and forth, he introduced himself as Dave Matthews, a friend of Roi's and reeled off a pack of anecdotes, most of which centered on Moore's propensity to fall asleep anywhere.
I saw him fall asleep on stage, said Matthews, to much laughter. He was standing right there, and I'm not sure if I saw him fall asleep, but I definitely saw him wake up. He sort of caught himself, and then he thought he got away with it, but we have a little intercom system, and I said, Did you just wake up?
Moore's custom of wearing sunglasses, Matthews noted, sometimes made it hard hard to tell.
He also fell asleep next to me in his old blue Volkswagen station wagon driving down 64 once, recalled Matthews, and I only realized it when he started snoring.
However, not all of Moore's humor was unintentional. While soft-spoken publicly, Matthews said that Moore's ability to tell a joke was such that, he could have done that for a living, though it may not have been as lucrative.
He told them with an honesty the same way he played, said Matthews. I would tell him jokes, just so I could hear him tell them after me.
According to Rev. Guthrie, Moore didn just save his honesty for his friends in the band.
LeRoi would engage me in animated conversation whenever I would encounter him at home or at church, Guthrie said. More often than not, he felt that the music in the Episcopal Church left a lot to be desired.
Some of the men who most informed Moore's early musical sensibilities were on hand to pay tribute with their instruments. Trumpeter and early mentor John D'earth performed along with the Trinity Episcopal choir throughout the service and led a trio in Goodbye, Sweet King.
Moore's jazz theory teacher Roland Wiggins played a stirring, improvised piano rendition of the spiritual, Keep Me From Sinking Down. Before playing, Wiggins shared his last encounter with Moore in the hospital.
I stood up to leave, and he said, "Hang on a sec," said Wiggins. He was in his wheelchair, and he took the better part of three or four minutes to get his wheels locked, and he wouldn't let me leave until he stood up. He stood up and said, "Thanks for coming."
In a way, Moore got to say that to everyone assembled. Following Matthews remarks, a slide show chronicling Moore's life from a baby to a bona fide star was accompanied by his gentle sax showcase #34 from DMB's major label debut Under the Table and Dreaming.
Following the service, Jamie Dyer, whose Hogwaller Ramblers were as much a part of the Charlottesville music scene as DMB in the early 90s, said the ceremony was in keeping with how he remembered Moore.
Like all great musicians, he had great timing and a great ear, said Dyer, when you heard that piece from his teacher, you couldn't help but think of that.
According to Secileon Lewis, a family friend of drummer Beauford's, she couldn't help but laugh at Matthews' recollections of a somnabulent Moore.
When Dave was talking about how he always falls asleep, said Lewis, I thought, He did me the same way!
As mourners left the the modern brick sanctuary, they formed an impromptu reception outside under the white-washed concrete loggia, none in a hurry to leave. They were of all ages, all colors, perhaps apropos of a man whose band has touched so many different kinds of people with his personality in the Charlottesville area, and with his horn throughout the world. They were drawn to Moore, because of his ability to convey in music and demeanor a fiery passion that Matthews described by quoting a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay:
I burn my candle at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends¡ª
It gives a lovely light.
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GuitarGuy305
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Posted - 08/28/2008 : 12:38:46 PM
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RIP LeRoi Moore
