A few days after the heady highs of the marvellous Playing On The Farm gig in July, our keyboard player Bill Giles was taken ill and hospitalised.
It is still early days in terms of the long term recovery process, and so it is currently impossible to know at this time when Bill will re-join us on stage. We appreciate this will come as a shock to many of our loyal fans. We wish to stress that Bill is doing well and making progress.
Our brother Bill’s current situation is deeply concerning for all of us in the Dudes, but we are pleased to announce that our good friend Andrew Tsonchev has kindly agreed to step in and keep the piano seat warm until such times as Bill can make a return. He will be playing keys at all our upcoming gigs for the time being. Some of you will have seen Andrew play with us at the Streatham gig in June.
We are most grateful to Andrew Tsonchev for stepping in like this at short notice and allowing us to continue with the Dudes at this current time. Andrew is an excellent musician and we know you will all give him a warm welcome at our upcoming shows.
To be very clear – our gigs will go ahead as planned.
We are sure you will all join us in sending Good Lovin’ to Bill and wishing him a speedy recovery.
So shocked to read this!
Bill, I wish you a very speedy recovery! All the strength and love of our community is behind you!
Take care of yourself and we look forward to seeing you behind the keys again soon!
-Bill