Even with the subtle sadness of missing member LeRoi Moore, who died from complications after an ATV accident last summer, this is a band that relishes playing live

They chatted on a fan site, met on the way to a West Coast concert, talked on the phone, visited and, after a cross-country move, came together.

The Dave Matthews Band rocks the JPJ.

DMB members still retain that common touch

Sweet, raucous, fun loving and pensive, LeRoi Moore’s personality and music were one and the same, friends say.

The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band will give out nearly $200,000 in grants in the second half of 2008 to local nonprofit groups.