While I was out running some errands today, the radio station I was listening to played "The Proudest Monkey" a song by the Dave Matthews Band as a tribute to LeRoi Moore, the band's saxophonist, who also co-wrote the song. LeRoi died yesterday as a result of injuries he sustained in an ATV accident back in June.
As I was listening to the song, I was surprised to find my eyes welling up a bit with tears. Why the hell this occurred, is beyond me. I didn't know LeRoi, his death won't affect my daily life - shoot, I didn't even know of his accident until I learned about his passing this morning.
Maybe tears came to my eyes because when I hear DMB, I'm immediately brought back to being an undergrad at UNH when times were way less complicated. My best friends all lived within a couple of miles of me - we partied, went to shows - many of them headlined by DMB. There wasn't a time in those days that you wouldn't find a DMB tape - that's right - TAPE in my car's dash. LeRoi, and the rest of the band brought me a shit ton of joy back in those days - they still do.
In tribute, let's all throw in a DMB album and crank it up.
4 comments:
I feel the same you did Amy. I have felt this way when other people died that I really liked, yet didn't know them personally.
DMB will never be the same.
I think I will listen to "Warehouse" and of course I will----
Crank it up!!!!!!!!
famous, not famous - it's always a shame when someone dies as a result of an accident.
may he rest in peace.
If you haven't already, check out this version on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TtHCJm44s&feature=related
Hey Amy,
You felt the way you did because you are Amy and you have always felt everything deeply. Remember when we would watch TV and get all sniffly?
You are you.
And I wouldn't change a thing!
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