LeRoi Moore, sax player for Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday due to complications from injuries he suffered in an ATV accident at the end of July.

The accident happened on June 30, when Moore crashed his ATV on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va. The 46-year-old singer was hospitalized, but he was soon discharged and returned to his home in Los Angeles to begin physical therapy. Unfortunately, due to complications on July 17, he was forced to go to the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died yesterday.

A few hours after learning the sad news, Dave Matthews Band performed in a three-hour show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which was meant as a tribute for their lost member.

“We got some bad news today,” Matthews told the audience. “(He) gave up his ghost today and we will miss him forever . . . We’re gonna raise our spirits up a little bit.”

Then the quartet played their fans’ favorite songs, such as “Proudest Monkey“and “Satellite.” They also played Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” and Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” and other emotional songs, trying to refrain their tears.

Moore was a founding member of the band, teaming up with Matthews in 1991, in Charlottesville, Va. After finding the band’s other members, bassist Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley and drummer Carter Beauford, they released the album “Remember Two Things.” Keyboardist Butch Taylor performed with the band from 1998 to 2008, but he was not officially named a member of the group. After they had recorded seven albums, the quartet became one of America’s most popular and appreciated bands.

During the Staples Center concert, Matthews told the story of first meeting Moore in a bar in Virginia, where the latter was performing. He said he remembered that Moore was very drunk that night, which was not characteristic for him, and that he played “the most beautiful version of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' that I ever heard in my whole life.”

All the members of the band also perform backing vocals, except Moore, who also used to avoid the spotlight. Still, his style could not go unnoticed and his jazzy tones had a great influence on the group’s music.

In a statement released on August 20, RIAA President/CEO Neil Portnow calls LeRoi Moore “a versatile and inventive saxophonist” and praised his “love of jazz,” which “infused the Dave Matthews Band's music with jazz and funk overtones that helped define the group's eclectic and signature sound.” He also sent his heartfelt sympathies to the band, the saxophonist’s family and the band’s fans.

Since the bad news were made public, online fan forums of the band have been buzzing with fond declarations addressed to the late singer and his family. Like Matthews said during the group’s latest performance, “it’s easier to leave than to be left.” Many fans expressed their regret for the sad death, but also their fear that the band might break up, but there currently is no evidence for this possibility.

Jeff Coffin, who is best known for his collaboration with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, is currently filling in for Moore and, so far, no dates on the band’s tour have been canceled. The tour is scheduled to end October 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A spokesperson for the for the band said no information has been yet revealed on a memorial service or funeral arrangements for Moore.