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.