Binside TV: DAVE MATTHEWS BAND SAXOPHONE PLAYER LEROI MOORE DIES

We are saddened by the tragic loss of Dave Matthews band saxophone player LeRoi Moore.

Despite the death of their saxophonist LeRoi Moore, Dave Matthews Band played on Tuesday night, says People mag, honoring the memory of their departed bandmate in concert.
"We all had some bad news today," Matthews told the sold-out Staples center crowd in L.A. "Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave his ghost up today and we will miss him forever."

The mag says fans hollered out Moore's name during the show, and Matthews told them: "It's easier to leave than be left." source

The following message was posted on the official Dave Matthews myspace page. LeRoi Moore was remembered by his Dave Matthews Band members in a Tuesday Night concert at the Staples Center.

LeRoi Moore 1961-2008

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.

Our prayers go out to his family at their time of loss. Dave Matthews Band fans know that LeRoi's saxphone was an essential element to the Dave Matthews band sound. There is a dedication to Leroi posted on the band's website. Listen to LeRoi play the saxophone in Spoon.

Watch Leroi Moore's cameo in the Dreamgirl music video starring Julia Roberts and directed by Dave matthews.

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LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday from complications stemming from an ATV accident he suffered in June. He was 46. Moore crashed his ATV on June 30 on his farm near Charlottesville, VA. He had been discharged from the hospital and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin a physical rehabilitation program, but complications from the accident sent him back to the hospital on July 17. The band issued a statement on its official website, describing Moore's death as "unexpected." Béla Fleck and the Flecktones saxophonist Jeff Coffin had been sitting in for the band's summer tour.

The AP reports that Dave Matthews Band went ahead with their show on Tuesday at L.A.'s Staples Center, where Matthews dedicated the concert to Moore.

The Dave Matthews band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, according to their website, when vocalist/guitarist Matthews tapped Moore and drummer Carter Beauford -- both accomplished jazz musicians in the local Charlottesville music scene -- to help record to tape some songs Matthews had written. Since then, according to the RIAA, Dave Matthews Band has sold over 31 million units in the U.S., putting them in the Top 100 highest-selling music acts of all time. source