Greensky Bluegrass Guitarist Dave Bruzza To Miss Band's Trip To Australia

Greensky Bluegrass guitarist Dave Bruzza will not be joining his band on the long flight to Australia next month. The guitarist is currently recovering from a recent surgery and has tapped Mark Morris (Rapidgrass) to fill in when Greensky plays a pair of April festival dates down under.

“Hi everyone, just wanted to let you all know I had surgery a couple weeks ago and I am home recovering,” Bruzza wrote on social media. “The procedure went as planned and I am healing up nicely and will need some more time to continue to heal so I sadly will not be traveling to Australia with the band. I will be in Tahoe, but I am unable to perform.”

The affected gigs include sets at WinterWonderGrass Tahoe in Olympic Valley, CA (3/31), Bluesfest Byron Bay in Tyagarah (4/6–4/7), and Bluesfest Melbourne (4/9). Morris recently sat in with Greensky when the band headlined the 10th-anniversary flagship WinterWonderGrass in Steamboat Springs, CO earlier this month. Additionally, the guitarist made his services available to The String Cheese Incident during the band’s recent three-night run at Belly Up Aspen. Those shows too saw a personnel change as bassist Keith Mosely had to undergo emergency retina surgery and was replaced by a string of ringers including Mike Devol (Greensky Bluegrass), Paul McDaniel (Kyle Hollingsworth Band), and Miles Altgelt of SCI tribute band Cream Cheese Accident.

Greensky Bluegrass recently announced a summer tour, set to culminate with the band’s annual return to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in September. Tickets and a full list of tour dates are available here.