Talking with Dave Matthews

READER GALLERIES New! Web Search powered by YAHOO! Longtime keyboard player Butch Taylor recently left the band. Saxophonist LeRoi Moore had an accident on his ATV in late June, breaking ribs and more, which forced a sudden, indefinite exit from the band (Jeff Coffin of Bela Fleck's band is standing in). A: He's a little beat up, but he'll be OK. A: Butch, of his own decision, decided he didn't want to be here, wanted to pursue something else in his life. We honor that. That's a very different thing entirely from Roi. We've been playing this year, feeling great, working on the record. ... Being on the road, we've been getting along with each other as a band better than we ever have. A: We have a lot of music we've worked on in the past few years ... that, for different reasons, we haven't come up with a very clear idea of how to move forward musically as a band. A: You go into a room, you pick up whatever instrument it is and you start. Then everybody joins in with intention. ......
Originally from: http://www.caller.com/news/2008/jul/26/talking-dave-matthews/