Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Seriously Injured in ATV Accident

Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore was injured yesterday after his ATV had an accident on his farm in Charlottesville, Virginia. Moore was immediately transferred to the University of Virginia Health System where he remains in serious condition. Moore has been with the band since their formation in 1991. DMB will continue on with their tour tonight in Charlotte, NC, with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' saxophonist Jeff Coffin sitting in. The Dave Matthews Band headlines this weekend's Rothbury Festival.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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