As we reported earlier, Furthur guitarist Bob Weir was unable to finish last night’s Capitol Theatre residency finale after he fell on stage during Unbroken Chain and had to be helped to a chair to conclude the tune. He left the stage with his band mates after Unbroken Chain and the rest of Furthur came back minutes later to finish the second set.
None of Bobby’s Furthur band mates stopped playing while this was all going down. The group’s other guitarist, John Kadlecik, weighed in on the situation via Facebook…
“1st reaction: holy shit, man down!
Then, I see several crew racing to help, going to be by his side faster than I can put my guitar down…
Next thought: what is Phil going to do? He’s playing on… Bobby had help at this point, so the next person in need of support was Phil…
Pretty f*d up moment… but Bobby wanted to finish the show!
Sometimes the rock n roll life is not all rainbows & fairy dust…”
There’s been no official word from Furthur on Bobby’s health as of press time.
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Get better Bobby!!
John, bro,
put the guitar down faster, who cares what Phil is doing, have you seen his glasses? He has no idea where he is, he plays like 200 shows a year.
trust your instincts to go help a fellow human being who isn’t well.
gimme a break. he wasn’t bleeding or choking. he fell cause he was fucked up. the show must go on. Weir wouldn’t have stopped.
I don’t fault him for playing on or for looking to Phil. Phil knows how to handle Bobby as well as anybody. If I was there (and I’m happy I wasn’t), I would’ve been a little freaked if everyone stopped playing and rushed to help a dude who was clearly nodding off because of booze, pills or some kind of nonsense. I’ve seen a few people keel over in my day and, very thankfully, they’ve all gotten up with a little help from others.
Long live Phil and John Kadlecik playing together.
Is bobby able ti play Atlantic Ciy still? Call up Jackie!