Bob Weir Collapses Onstage

[Marcust99]

Not good..

http://zagsblog.com/articles/bobby-weir-collapses-on-stage-during-concert-and-is-taken-away-in-an-ambulance/

And some more pics here:

http://www.philzone.org/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=439459&post=14083139#POST14083139

(((Bobby)))

[Marcust99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu7rugK4vJE&t=0m53s

[Booche]

Well there's a Youtube video I am never going to watch and I am not going to read what basement dwelling monitor starers have to say about this.

I hope this wasnt the result of a health issue and that Weir is back to 100 percent this morning.

[Northern Wish]

Wow. Not to be a basement dwelling monitor starer- but what is the consensus as to Bobs issues? I know something similar happened at the Nokia Theater last year.

A friend of mine is supposed to see him in Atlantic City tomorrow. I wonder if the show will go on.

Edited April 26, 2013 by Guest

[Marcust99]

Methinks: Shoulder injury + booze + meds + 9 shows in 12 days + 65 years old seems reasonable.

What I find sadder then watching that video, is the fact that they didn't bag the show at set break, or at *least* just keep Weir off stage. WTF was Phil thinking? Mind you, compassion has never run deep in GD land so it's really not that much of a shocker I suppose.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

let's hope (?)

actually let's hope Bobby learns how to master those pain meds

[Booche]

WTF was Phil thinking?

How in the fuck is that Phil's call or anyone else's for that matter? Mind you I havent seen anything but if Bob or any teammate says they are good to go you and you have known them for years you give them the benefit of the doubt.

Had I been to a Dead show and they didnt allow Jerry onstage because he had enough opiates in him to kill a horse I would have been pissed and probably rioted. Phish allowed Trey onstage at Coventry. Not that I am suggesting this was the case last night because I have zero clue.

Yes yes yes. Mindless enabling at its best.

[Northern Wish]

It is a bit heartbreaking to see fake Jerry keep playing as one of his band mates (heroes?) was potentially having a major medical crisis within arms reach.

[Marcust99]

WTF was Phil thinking?

How in the fuck is that Phil's call or anyone else's for that matter? Mind you I havent seen anything but if Bob or any teammate says they are good to go you and you have known them for years you give them the benefit of the doubt.

I think it's less about not telling the other what NOT to do, but more about doing what almost any sane person would think is the right thing to do for a friend and brother of 50 years who's in major crisis. But sadly it was the former and not the latter that happened. But then again, how long did these guys carry on with the band while Jerry slowly killed himself right in front of their eyes?

[Booche]

Haha. I have to stop coming into this thread. My curiosity about that video is flooring me, pun intended, and you arent helping Marcust.

[c-towns]

Collapse makes it sound way worse than it looked like to me, they helped him up and he continued to play sitting in a chair, he's an old man who has lived a hard life, old people fall over all the time doing way less active things than that. Keep on rocking Bobby!

[Davey Boy 2.0]

Yeah I've seen way worse near-topplings onstage at CTMFesties late in the evening that didn't result in anything untoward so let's just hope it's an anomaly

[kc]

"You're all right Bob, You're all right!!"

[boiler]

The way they kept going like that seems to suggest that perhaps the band was pissed off at Bobby for maybe doing something he shouldn't have and perhaps, in their minds, he was getting what he deserved.

Either that or he was having a diabetic seizure and nobody gave a shit. But if they didn't know there was the potential for Bobby stumbling and foregeting that he is a rock star, they probably would have stopped.

[Marcust99]

John M Kadlecik: Bob wanted to play... if Phil, the crew & management couldn't talk him out of it, you think i have some magic power? This wasn't overpartying, btw, it was accidentally taking an ambien instead of a painkiller... the shoulder injury is real, & the white guitar just showed up the last couple of shows because it only weighs 3 or 4 lbs

[ollie]

Is one ("an") ambien strong enough to do that to a seasoned veteran?

Edited April 26, 2013 by Guest

[Booche]

Certainly.

[Marcust99]

http://i.imgur.com/QoH57Ss.jpg

[elemeno]

I think its time for Fake Bobby to get the call up from DSO.

[Esau.]

Wow. Not to be a basement dwelling monitor starer- but what is the consensus as to Bobs issues?

Someone I know on another board had this to say last night.

Just got home from the show. During Unbroken Chain he almost fell over. They brought a chair out, he pushed it aside and kept playing. Then he started leaning over, then drooping over. who knows what he was playing. Then he fell. The band kept playing and they helped him to a chair an he pretended to play. Even kept playing after the song ended. They took a break and Bobby was done for the night. China>Rider was the best part of the night. Built to last encore. People were saying he was drunk, but he's old and its been 9 shows, plus 2 after parties and if he was on prescribed muscle relaxers, I guess its understandable.

[deranger]

It is a bit heartbreaking to see fake Jerry keep playing as one of his band mates (heroes?) was potentially having a major medical crisis within arms reach.

agreed. But hey, the music never stopped.

He saw him fall over, bumped into him and he keeps playing. No matter how you slice it, that seems to be lacking in compassion just a wee bit.

But the point about watching and letting Jerry kill himself with sweet sweet Persian is also fair.

[Weirdness]

Maybe you had too much too fast...

[NewRider]

He may need an organ donor like Phil had.

I'm not giving up my leather liver for Bobby though.

[lightsweetcrude]

On the other hand....

"The show must go on!"

[bouche]

This is what happens to Bobby when there are too many chords.