LeRoi Moore - Dave Matthews Band

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Author Message davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6932 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:05 pm:    LeRoi Moore died Tuesday. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6933 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:12 pm:    Some video from 2003. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3217 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 9:57 pm:    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 Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6934 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 7:39 am:    Thank you for the story Bill. My guess is that those guys could do a pretty cool version of Eyes.