How is Bob Metzger?

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How is Bob Metzger?

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About one year ago it was announced that, due to health issues, Mitch Watkins would replace Bob Metzger on the guitar. Does anyone know how Bob Metzger is doing?
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Thank you for asking that, vanbonn.
I've been wondering the same... and I miss Bob's playing, as well.
Hope we get good news on him.
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vanbonn wrote: Does anyone know how Bob Metzger is doing?
Glad you asked, vanbonn. Liked him and missed him - a quiet, steady presence.
(Just shows - idolized when on stage, quickly forgotten by most when off.
Sad realities of life... :( )
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Yes, indeed, I'm sure it is, Helen!
Thank you!

Enjoyed the first comment by him and :( regarding the second one in the exchange there.
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I have ask this Question too and never found out how he is doing miss him too.
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regensburg wrote:I have ask this Question too and never found out how he is doing miss him too.
Jarkko, now that you're probably back from Hydra, any chance of an update on Bob M ?
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I miss him too. He was playing so cool and jazzy.
Mitch is too mild for me.
Hope Bob can return somedays as Dino too.
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I have been asking around but nobody seems to know.
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Oh, dear... thanks, Jarkko.

That doesn't sound like he'll be joining back in on the tour anytime soon.
Maybe 2014?
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According to our present knowledge, there are no tour dates scheduled for 2014.
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But there is no full stop - yet - in your signature for this year, right Jarkko? :D
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Thanks for reminding me... Will add now.
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jarkko wrote:According to our present knowledge, there are no tour dates scheduled for 2014.

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Wishing Bob Metzger the best, too.
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“How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.”

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