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Old 11-25-2015, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Macfan4life View Post
Name any concert of any group where a member leaves the stage incapacitated and continues to play without them..
Allman Brothers Band. On more than one occasion played an entire 3 hr show without Gregg Allman (due to effects of his therapy for Hep-C, prior to his liver transplant)

Little Feat.
Drummer Richie Hayward couldn't make it through a show due to after effects of chemotherapy treatment; his roadie Gabe Ford filled in. After Richie died, Gabe Ford became Little Feat's full-time drummer.

I've played gigs where a key member of the band has been ill & gotten through the night. At a gig a few years ago, our bass player passed out on stage from effects of shortness of breath at the start of our 2nd set (we played 5 sets) We called 911...they wheeled him out on a gurney with an oxygen mask, and as they did he told me "Use my bass, finish the gig". So, I did, I switched to playing bass, we played the remaining sets. 3 hours after the gig ended, I got a phone call...our bass player had died.

It can be done, just whether the band can be flexible & spontaneous enough to get through it. (and we know how UNspontaneous Fleetwood Mac is)
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