My thoughts on the LT 14 selection

So I'm a huge DMB fan and just recently DMBand.com released the selection for Live Trax 14. They chose the 3rd straight 2008 Summer Tour show, choosing 6/28/08 from Bristow, VA. What was so special about this show is that it was LeRoi Moore's last show. Moore died on August 19 in LA from complications of his ATV crash on June 30.

I am all for this release despite the okay set and okay performance. This was the official end of an era for this band as Jeff Coffin his Roi's temporary replacement at sax. The album art for this show is awesome with Roi on the cover. They are also releasing a beautiful shirt as well with the famous Flower Sax shown on the poster of Roi's birthday this past September at Berkeley. The biggest key to this release is that all proceeds will go to the LeRoi Moore Fund, a great tribute indeed.

I love this release. I was so shocked when he died and I even shed a tear. He was one of the reasons why I got into DMB. I have always been a fan of the saxophone even thought I don't play the instrument. His music was amazing and it's still hard and always will be hard to see DMB perform without Roi on stage. I'm not knocking Coffin, he is amazing and brings so much energy to the table but his style is different than Roi's. On April 14, I will be seeing DMB for the first time without Roi and I know I will enjoy the show but I guarantee I will miss him during #41, Watchtower, Typical Situation, and every other song he tears apart.

Here is the set list.