LeRoi Holloway Moore (September 7, 1961 - August 19, 2008) is an American saxophone. He is a founding member of Dave Matthews Band. Moore often organizes music for songs written by vocalist Dave Matthews. Moore also co-wrote many band songs, especially "Too Much" and "Stay (Wasting Time)".
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Biography
Moore was born on 7 September 1961, in Durham, North Carolina, to Roxie Holloway Moore and Albert P. Moore. Raised in Virginia, he attended James Madison University, studied saxophone tenor, and later became a capable jazz musician in Charlottesville, Virginia, playing with artists such as John D'earth and Dawn Thompson. Moore started playing professionally after a short stay in college. Moore helped found the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra (1982), and John D'earth Quintet. The latter played at Miller, a Charlottesville bar, every Thursday night in the late 1980s, where Moore first met Dave Matthews in 1991. In an attempt to bring some instrumental help to some of the songs Matthews had written, Moore began recording songs with Matthews.
Moore plays bass, baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, as well as flute, bass clarinet, wooden penny whistle, and oboe. Woodwind Moore technician David Saull notes that Moore has "a fairly broad horn collection."
In addition to performing with Dave Matthews Band, Moore recorded 1995 albums with Thompson and Greg Howard under the name of Code Magenta, combining improvised jazz paths with word poems. She also appeared on In November Sunlight , 1996's debut album Sokoband (later known as Soko).
Moore also worked as a producer with artist Samantha Farrell on her second album, Luminous.
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Injury and death
Moore was injured on June 30, 2008, in a vehicle accident on all terrain on his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia. His last live show took place two days earlier at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia.
Jeff Coffin, a saxophonist from BÃÆ'Ã… © la Fleck and Flecktones, stood on Moore on the next tour date, starting July 1, 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina. This marked the first time a band member had missed the show since 1993, two years after the band was formed.
Moore drove an ATV on his farm to check the fence as he struck a grass-covered trench, causing the ATV to turn and partially landed on it. He broke some ribs and pierced his lungs, and was hospitalized at UVA for several days. After her release, she was admitted to hospital in mid-July for complications related to the accident.
After Moore was released again from the University of Virginia Health System, he traveled to his home in Los Angeles, to begin a rehabilitation program. On the morning of August 19, Moore felt unwell and those present could see that his lips were turning blue. He was rushed to the hospital, but died shortly thereafter. Although it was widely reported that he had died of blood clots, the coroner's office decided that the cause of his death was pneumonia.
The following statement was released on the band's website:
We are very sad to announce that LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly on Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at the Presbyterian Hollywood Medical Center in Los Angeles from a sudden complication of a June ATV accident in his nearby field Charlottesville, Virginia. LeRoi has just returned to his home in Los Angeles to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.
Matthews paid tribute to Moore on the day of his death at Staples Center, Los Angeles, after the band's first song from the show, "Bartender." "We've all had bad news today," Matthews said to the soldiers. "Our good friend, LeRoi Moore, continues and submits his spirit today and we will miss him forever." Fans then shouted Moore's name as a memory.
On August 27, Moore is buried at Holly Memorial Gardens in Albemarle County. Attendance at the cemetery amounted to thousands, including the rest of the band, the Moore family, and dedicated fans.
Moore died three months from his planned marriage on November 8, 2008 to Lisa Beane.
Dave Matthews Band released LeRoi Moore's last concert show as Live Trax Vol. 14 . The concert took place in the home country of the Virginia band in Bristow on June 28, 2008. Results from the CD will be donated to a local charity that Moore cherished.
Tribute
On September 30, 2008, during a concert in Brazil for the South American Tour, while Dave Matthews Band played the introduction of "# 41," Brazilian fans spread white balloons around the concert hall to pay homage to Moore. At this point, the band almost completely stopped playing and thanked the audience for this extraordinary show thanks to Moore. Violinist Boyd Tinsley shed tears by this honor to Moore.
After Moore's death, Methane Studios, the company that made the most of the band's show posters, paid tribute to Moore on the poster sold on the show. One of the posters sold on the show on September 7, 2008, which will be Moore's 47th birthday, has become a sought after collector among fans. Some poster sales have seen as high as $ 600 on eBay.
The second award poster was printed and released on September 6, 2009, and sold on the last day of Gorge '09 show. The poster is the King of Spades, part of the Royal Flush series. There were 1100 prints and all prints were sold out in the first hour. This shows the King of spades playing the saxophone with his eyes closed. At the base of the crown is written "GrooGrux King."
Light sticks were also cast by the audience during the Gorge show in 2008, as well as a tribute slide show video with Moore photographs, played along with the studio version "# 34" during the encore break.
At the 51st Grammy Awards, the first after Moore's death, a video of tribute to musicians who had died the previous year overruled Moore, disappointing and angering fans. Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, responded with a statement stating that Moore was included in the list of dead musicians in the program for the event, and "unfortunately we can not include all the talented and extraordinary people in the run time set. "This creates tremendous anger from the band's fans and many other music celebrities.
Tools
- Selmer Mark VI Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bariton saxophone
- Selmer Super Balanced Action Alto and Tenor
- Buescher Copper Plated Bass Sax
- Borgani Soprano Custom
- Muramatsu Solid Silver flute
- Abell Wood Flute
- Abell Penny Whistles
- Rico Jazz Select Imperata
- Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner
- Peterson R450 Strobe Tuner
- TC Electronic M5000
- Eventide 4500 Ultra-Harmonizer
- Eventide 7500 Ultra-Harmonizer
External links
- LeRoi Moore in the Search of the Mausoleum
- In LeRoi Moore's Memory
- Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Rolling Stone , June 2009
- LeRoi Moore, Master Woodwind Influence
- 'Tortured,' 'shine' Moore remembered by Dave
- Retrospect LeRoi Moore
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References
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