Hug your sticks man for me

[Roger2611]

Hi guys,

Sorry but I am a bottle of wine to the wind right now....but I thought I would share this....will probably regret it in the morning...but here goes.....my bit on the side band is the band we pushed to really succeed a few years back....ended up recording our last album at Sony's studios a week after the Spice Girls recorded there.. we never quite made it....as many bands I guess...anyway we have continued to play together over the years and played a cracking set at a local festival on Sunday which felt fantastic and just reminded me how good we actually can be....one of those special gigging days I guess.

I get a text from our vocalist on Tuesday to tell me our sticks man had a massive heart attack on Tuesday, died in the ambulance but fortunately was revived. He is still with us but as the youngest member of the band by some 10 years or more it came as quite a shock to say the least. 37 years old with two very young children...Jesus... I am feeling right mortal at the moment. Anyway he is still here and I have told him we will wait until he is fit enough to play with us again...I just hope he takes me up on the promise....give your sticks man a hug for me and say a little prayer for mine.

Rog

[kevin_lindsay]

Will do Rog

[seashell]

Me too Rog. So glad your guy is still with us.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Hope he gets well soon. A good drummer makes all the difference in a band. Glad you enjoyed the gig tho' . Somethingnto look forward to in the future;)

[Dad3353]

Dire. Good to hear he's tough enough to have come back from the nether regions. Hope he makes it. Stick with us, stick man.
Please keep us posted on progress..?

[Roger2611]

Will do, Thanks guys, we are going to visit him tomorrow....I will pass on the collective strength....he will be back and the prime candidate for more drummer jibes only next time with a certain amount of underlying love!

[bjelkeman]

Hugs to you and your buddy! My sticks man just SMSed me. Gonna give him a good one when I see him.

Edited July 12, 2013 by bjelkeman

[timmo]

Dunno why you would regret it in the morning. I have no stick man to hug, but best wishes and speedy recovery to your stick man

[Bassman Sam]

Your stick man is a wimp. My old one has had 4 heart attacks, died twice and is still moaning about the bloody singer being flat. Love him to bits. Hope yours gets well soon, a good one, with a pulse, is hard to find.

[Dandelion]

Tuff creatures drummers.


The ECG machine should be indicating approximately 72bpm, with the occasional fill.

[gjones]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]As a wise man once said, [/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]'You're only as good as yer drummer'.[/font]

[Ticktock]

Hope he has no damage and recovers well. OHS is no fun. Stents are easily put in on a day procedure if he needs them.
Good vibes his way.

[icastle]

He's in the best possible place to get better, now that the docs know he's got a problem, and I'm sure he'll be swearing at you for telling drummer jokes for many years to come mate.

[anDy LAKIN]

a drummer not being able to keep to the beat, that's a new one.





THAT IS A JOKE!!!

hope he gets better quickly and gets good treatment

[lojo]

Mate that is aweful! But your right it does make you question mortality, we've experienced our fair share of young death, both natural and accident based and it's hard to understand.

Wishing you all best as you get through it.

[Nibody]

When you see him tell him the paramedic was a bass player - once again sorting a drummers poor rhythmn! Seriously though, my old man had a major heart attack about 10 years ago and died/ was revived in the ambulance on the way to hospital. Mortality hit home for me in my mid 20's when a friend was killed in abad car smash. I don't feel so bulletproof anymore.

Hope he recovers well, and enough to get behind a kit again.

[vmaxblues]

Great sentiment, will do!