RIP Leroi Moore, Soon I'll Fade Away To the Warehouse
The founding member of the Dave Matthews Band has passed away on August 19, 2008.
His death the result of sudden complications from an ATV accident he had back in June of 2008.
Recent updates had noted that he was back home on his ranch in an intensive rehabilitation program to speed up and encourage his recovery. However, two recent trips to the Virginia hospital drew concerns from fans and band members alike that his medical problems were more than previously reported.
Leroi Moore was 46 years of age and his death will be a loss to music lovers and saxophone fans everywhere. His contribution to the Dave Matthews Band will never be forgotten, and his role as founder of this incredible musical talent will be cherished by fans around the world.
Leroi passed away at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
The Dave Matthews Band was in Los Angeles preparing for their concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and their founder was proud to be with them, even though he was unable to perform at this point. The band does not plan on canceling the concert, but rather to perform this one in memory of the man who made the Dave Matthews Band a reality for music lovers around the world.
Now we leave you with just a taste of the music that made us feel, made us love, and made us a little richer along the way. Leroi Moore and Dave Matthews Band with their song, Warehouse. It's an older performance from 2002, but the lyrics, the mood...it simply seemed to fit this somber moment.
The Warehouse Lyrics
So, I'm leaving...
This Warehouse frightens me.
Has me tied up in knots...
Can't rest for a Moment.
Soon, I'm going...
I'm slippin' slow away
Hoping to find something better...
Than I've got inside of here,
And the Warehouse slips away.
Hey reckless mind
Don't throw away your playful beginnings
You and I Will fumble around
in the touches and be sure to...
Leave all the lights on
So we can see the black cat
changing colors
And who can walk under ladders
And swim as the tide
Turns you around and around
Hey we have found
Becoming one in a million
Slip into the crowd
This question I found in the gap
in the sidewalk
Keep all your sights on
Hey, the black cat changing colors
And who can walk under ladders
And swim as the tide
choose to turn you
And here I sit
Life goes on, end of tunnel,
TV set Spot in the middle
Static fade, statistical bit
And soon I'll fade away,
I'll fade away
But this I admit taste so good
Hard to believe an end to it
Smell touch feel
How could this rhythm ever quit
Bags packed on a plane
Hopefully to heaven, yeah
Shut up, I'm thinking
I had a clue now it's gone forever
Sitting over these bones
You can read in whatever
you're needing to
Keep all your sights on
Yeah, man, the black cat
changing colors
It's not the colors that matter
But that they'll all fade away
Life goes on, end of tunnel,
TV set Spot in the middle
Static fade, statistical bit
And soon I'll fade away,
I'll fade away
This I admit
Seems so good
Hard to believe an end to it
Warehouse is bare
Nothing at all inside of it
The walls and halls have disappeared
They've disappeared, yeah...
My love I love to stay here
My love I love to stay here
My love I love to stay here
My love I love to stay here
In a corner was wondering
If a change could be better than this
And then I worry...
Maybe things won't be better
than they have been
Here in the warehouse
At the Warehouse
At the Warehouse
How I love to stay here
At the Warehouse
Every man and woman get alive
That's our blood down there
Seems poured from the hands of angels
But trickle into the ground
Leaves the Warehouse bare and empty
And my heart's numbered beat
Still echo in this empty room
And the fear wells in me
But nothing seems enough to defend
So I am going away
I am going away ...to the end.
Rest in Peace Leroi Moore. You are missed.
Posted by Buzz Edition at 8/19/2008 10:54 PM 
Categories: Death Investigations,Dave Matthews Band,Music News,Leroi Moore
Categories: Death Investigations,Dave Matthews Band,Music News,Leroi Moore
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