The LeRoi Brothers

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The LeRoi Brothers are an American rock band from Austin, Texas.

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The group was founded in 1981 by Mike Buck (also of The Fabulous Thunderbirds), Don Leady, Steve Doerr, and Alex Napier. The group was a long-running Austin bar band, but achieved national success with the album Open All Night, which reached number 181 on the Billboard 200 in 1987. [1]

Former member Alex Napier died on February 3, 2011, in Desoto, Texas from liver cancer, aged 59. [2]

On March 12, 2014, The LeRoi Brothers were inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. [3]

Former member Evan Johns died from complications of liver disease on March 11, 2017, at the age of 60 in Austin, Texas. [4]

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