Tim Flannery, who is a former San Francisco Giants baseball player, a friend of Bob Weir, and the leader of Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe, e-mailed his friend Weir to ask about his condition. Weir abruptly cancelled a tour just a week before he was set to perform, citing unexplained circumstances.
Flannery shared Weir’s e-mail response on his band’s Facebook page which was taken down. See the original post below:
Bobby Weir tonight cancelled all of his shows with Ratdog for the next year, Rolling Stone came out with lots of rumored stories. I emailed The Chief tonight this was his response, for those that have asked.
“Thnx, I’m doing fine, just a bit too much work and especially travel. This year has been especially busy; I’ve put in more miles in the first six months than I normally do in a year. Taking some time off, which I haven’t done in 50 years…”
Cheers,
Weir”
While Bob Weir hasn’t officially released a statement explaining the cancellations, this is certainly optimistic news for those who may have feared the worst about Ace’s health.
-David Melamed (@DMelamz)
[Via Jambase]