Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Great story!

I failed at my one chance to meet Roi. NYC, December 2000. I was with Stefan at the Band's holiday party. The club had booth seating, and Roi was at the very next booth over. I was 22 at the time. Roi was at a table with (what appeared to me at the time) to be NYC socialites. Basically, they were just dressed much better than I was. ALL I had to do was ask Stefan to introduce me so I could say hello, but I was intimidated by the people he was sitting with. So dumb, I know. I was the true fan in the place. Roi more than likely would have obliged me for a minute or two.

Life. Can't live with regrets.

RIP, Roi. :leroi

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Warehouse LT50

Incredible solos

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

I miss your attitude Roi

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Is anyone able to explain why Dave called Roi "his most difficult friend" at times? Question is not out of malice, I'm just curious to know him better.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Think roi pushed Dave hard and his standards were very high

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Roi was my hero growing up. Always wishing in vain the man was still here to play music for us

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Roi was a complex guy. I'd be really interested to see a couple of the places he said that, do you have any links to any interviews or articles or wherever he said it? I'd be interested in the context.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

The last song I saw Leroi Moore play was Ants Marching. His 2nd to last show ever.

http://dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.as...=98&where=2008

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

thirteen years, wow

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Missing his sound today and forever.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Time flies. Sucks.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Happy birthday, Roi.

Would have turned 60 today.

:leroi

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Happy Birthday, Roi! I saw one of your last shows in Mansfield, MA in 2008 and I am happy to say that I did. :leroy

Fonzie wishes you a happy birthday, too.

https://twitter.com/SLessard/status/1435296905970413569

:leroy

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

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Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Happy Belated B-day to the :ggoat

https://youtu.be/7jz3kZDQcr4?t=2893

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

some great pics with Jeff and Roi. :leroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSw4d3TLOgE/

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

wow awesome pictures, thanks Billy

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Hangin with Roi today.

Forever vibin with the GrooGrux King.


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Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

He will be forever be in our hearts. RIP

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Missing the King today <3

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Who's cutting onions?!

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

I miss you Roi but Jeff is carrying his weight very well. I think you must be proud of him looking down from all the way up there

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Forever dancing with the GruGrux King.

https://twitter.com/davematthewsbnd/...DTqfGZ8uUqAAAA

:leroi

Miss you, Roi.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Roi slaying per usual: https://youtu.be/eje59zqMNOY?t=5380

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Very cool to see this thread still alive and well... :cool

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

This guy Roi's

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Still remember exactly where I was when I was told that he'd passed. Crazy that it's been 14 years.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Roi also slaying it here, but in a very different way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtR0TcF0LQ&t=508s

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Hard not to miss Roi’s vibe and sound. Will for sure put on an older show tonight. Crazy it’s been so long ago

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Still here dancing! That Watchtower on Folsom Field always gives me goosebumps when he comes in for his solo. Wish he was still here but so grateful for the memories.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

I decided years ago I was no longer gonna be sad on 8/19, but instead listen to the beautiful sounds he created with a big smile on my face. He was amazing, never forget!

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Stage Left Solidarity... forever dancing...

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It is hard to believe that it’s been 14 years. I still remember what I was doing when I found out. They played the 8/19/08 Bartender last night on Sirius. Tough one to listen to.

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I just happened upon this tribute video the band showed a few shows after Roi passed, they showed this at the Gorge apparently. I'm sure many of you have seen it, but I didn't even know it existed until now.

Soooooooooo fantastic and so emotional!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHi4ZG_HYY

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Live trax 11. Boyd’s solo. I love LeRoi’s build during the solo. Unmatched tone. When I think of Roi this is one moment I always go back to. RIP and thank you

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

The more comparison I get to old shows, the more I miss Leroi. For so long I was excited that JC had stepped in to keep the band going. Still am in that regard. And while 08-10 were pretty exciting in terms of the energy he personally was bringing to songs like #41, Two Step, LIOG, it's been dwindling off ever since. Like his role started being riddled away starting in 2012. Just less and less, he stopped coming out to jam with 2 saxes and more or less fell lockstep in with a horn section type sound with RR for AFTW.

JC's solos are all becoming very redundant and predictable as well. As are RR's. How many times can RR do the United Airlines song in the middle of a solo? (I don't know the name of the real song).

But all this being said, Roi brought the intangible magic. He was less technical than Jeff, and on paper, less talented. But that personal sound he brought was such a big part of the old DMB sound. That mix of jazz, funk, blues. Bringing all his influences in. It was HIS voice on so much of that. I do wonder where the band would be if he was still around in 2022. If they'd still be getting along that is.

JC has a very hard role to fill in that, ROI had so many memorable parts that the fans love, but he would also never really play them exactly the same any given night. Outside of the studio albums, it's not a like a musician can come in and just copy the parts night after night. Especially in 08/09 I thought we brilliant in bringing in those memorable lines, but not copying them, while also being himself. He'd bring in that JC sound which was more uptempo and higher energy. Likely because he was playing for bigger audiences and knew the shoes he had to fill. He also looked like he was having a blast!

Fast forward to 2012-16 and then 18 to now. It's like he is a hired hand. A contracted musician who plays parts and then is "allowed" a solo or two on pre set songs. Like, ok Jeff gets 2 minutes on Lying in the Hands of God, is part of the pre show talk. He seems a bit less enthused on stage. Likes to argue with fans on social media, or get butt hurt like he should be immune to what the rest of us face everyday on there. (Someone tell Jeff, if you post personal opinions on how the world should be, lots of people are going to disagree and you're going to attract troll)

Roi brought so much taste and subtlety to the sax. Jeff, at least with DMB, is just blaring everything these days. And on songs like Ocean and the Butterfly he gets this beautiful role that lasts all of 7 seconds.

Re: R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
 

Yes sir.

Hard no here. Not sure what on paper means, but yeah, no.

Yes. His tone, his voice was everything. Proved that subtlety can be just as important, if not more, than always being at a 10.

It’s been a while since I’ve really been into actively listening to dmb and after Roi passed I’ve consistently said to friends that it’s different. Both in a very obvious way, but also in other ways that aren’t right “in your face”. The way everything came together, music, sound, atmosphere, energy, presence just cannot be. Post Roi has never hit me in a way that the band originally did so viscerally.

RIP Leroi and here’s to everything that he helped create that we can always go back to and enjoy.