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LeRoi Moore, the long-time saxophone player for Dave Matthews Band, died Monday at age 46. He suffered several injuries in a ATV accident in July, and died of sudden complications from those injuries. Moore was a founding member of the band, touring and performing with them since 1990.
I’ve discussed on this site before what a big fan of DMB I was in college. I have many great memories that are codependently intermingled with the band’s music: hearing certain songs brings back memories, and certain memories will get a song stuck in my head, without even hearing it. That makes this particularly sad news for me. By way of tribute, here’s what I think is his best solo ever put on an album, in the band’s classic cover of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower”:
“All Along the Watchtower”
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