R.I.P. Leroi Moore
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 Leroi Moore, founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died last week (Aug. 19) from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in a previous ATV accident. He had been rehabilitating his wounds (including a punctured lung and broken ribs) at his LA home after the June 30th accident at his farm outside Charlottesville, VA.
The Dave Matthews Band was also in Los Angeles on Tuesday Aug. 19 and the group’s show at the Staples Center went on as scheduled. During the concert, Dave addressed the crowd saying, “Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on, gave his ghost up today and we will miss him forever. It’s always easier to leave than to be left. We appreciate y’all being here.”
Matthews went on to note, “It has not been a good day for us but there is nobody I’d rather be with than all my family up here on this stage.” In addition, the singer relayed a story of the first time he saw LeRoi play, revealing it was “most beautiful version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’” he ever heard in his whole life and that’s when he “fell in love with him.”
Some famous folks are talking about LeRoi:
Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, who toured with LeRoi and DMB, told Rolling Stone that Moore “was a very sweet man,” adding, “He was always about the music. He was like a tough jazz musician. He was always more about how you play than how the crowd bought it. He was always talking music.” Steve Lillywhite, who produced Dave Matthews Band albums like Crash and Under the Table and Dreaming, also commented on LeRoi, noting, “He was a beautiful person. He had music – music was the number one thing for him.” Lillywhite went on to say, “It’s a sad time for all of us, but he has a legacy that will always live.”
Moore was a jazz musician in Charlottesville when he joined forces with Matthews early in 1991. The band released its first album, Remember Two Things, on its own Bama Rags label late in 1993. That album was recorded live, and DMB have gone on to become one of the most successful live acts in North America.
Ozzy, however, is STILL alive after suffering from a similar ATV accident five years ago. And that's on top of the destruction he's done to his body over the years just being Ozzy.
Sometimes life just makes no sense at all.
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