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davehouck
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Post Number: 6932
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:05 pm:   Edit Post

LeRoi Moore died Tuesday.
davehouck
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Post Number: 6933
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Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:12 pm:   Edit Post

Some video from 2003.
lbpesq
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Post Number: 3217
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:57 pm:   Edit Post

Back in 1995, just after Jerry Garcia died, the Dave Matthews Band played the Greek Theater at U.C. Berkeley. A client got me backstage where I met the band. I wound up hanging out with LeRoi and Boyd (the fiddle player) for quite a while after the show. I remember LeRoi pulling out a bottle on the bus and giving me my first taste of real moonshine! I came away with a strong impression of LeRoi as a very special, warm, and joyous guy. Someone that instantly made those around him feel comfortable and happy. And the guy could really play. (That night the band played Eyes of the World as a tribute to Jerry - LeRoi told me only a couple of guys in the band had ever heard it before - yet the band did a credible job on one of the Dead's more difficult songs). Forty-six is WAY too young. Thanks, LeRoi, for a cherished memory and RIP.

Bill, tgo
davehouck
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Post Number: 6934
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Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 7:39 am:   Edit Post

Thank you for the story Bill. My guess is that those guys could do a pretty cool version of Eyes.

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