Posted on 08/03/2025 11:06:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds is in critical condition after going into cardiac arrest last week.
Edmunds' wife, Cici, detailed the incident in a July 29 Facebook post, which you can see below. "He died in my arms while I desperately tried to keep him alive while trying to clear his airways from all of the fluids that come out of a human being's body when we pass away," she wrote.
A nurse was able to revive Edmunds with CPR, but "he very clearly has brain damage and severe memory loss," Cici wrote. "And the risk of yet another major cardiac arrest is high. And if that occurs, there is no chance for Dave."
"Dave will have a very long journey ahead of him if he survives. We both have," Cici concluded her post. "But knowing that there are kindhearted people such as you all makes this tremendously difficult journey a little easier. Bless you all. Sending you all much love and light always."
Dave Edmunds' Life and Career
Born on April 15, 1944 in Cardiff, Wales, Edmunds played in a number of bands throughout the '60s, including Love Sculpture, who scored a UK Top 5 hit with their high-speed cover of composer Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" from the ballet Gayane.
After Love Sculpture disbanded, Edmunds embarked on a solo career, which got off to an auspicious start with his cover of Smiley Lewis' "I Hear You Knocking." The song topped the UK charts in 1970 and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A handful of UK hits followed throughout the decade. Edmunds also formed the pub rock/proto-new wave band Rockpile with English rocker Nick Lowe, releasing one album, Seconds of Pleasure, in 1980.
Edmunds released a handful of solo albums throughout the '80s, though he slowed his pace of work by the end of the decade. He toured with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band in 1992 and 2000 and released his most recent studio album, On Guitar... Rags & Classics, featuring instrumental covers of classic songs, in 2015. He effectively retired after a handful of shows in 2017.
Remember him but never bought any of his music . It can be a drag getting old . I just spent 18 days in hospital with nocardiosis of lung . Home but still not out of the woods . I’m 73 .
He had an album in the 80’s “Information”, produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO fame. The critics panned it,but I rather liked it.
Rockpile had one album. Due to their recording contracts, Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds couldn’t put out albums together. They had to record as separate headliners, but they were basically with the Rockpile lineup.
I bought that one on cassatte....
Well, damn.
ummmm, who ?
Are you trying to make me mad at four in the morning? Buzz off.
18 days is a long time to “reside” in any hospital, but at least you were getting proper care. Good luck to your continued recovery. I’ve had a few hospital stays, but none quite that long. You probably feel something like the excitement of Graduation Day from school days. I know I did
Great musician of the Rockabilly era.
Thanks for the post and links. Sad.
As far as Dave Edmunds goes, I know the name, and would probably recognize songs if I heard them.
What you described is 100 proof Hard Work. There’s no getting around it. The motivation to recover and sustain one’s level of recovery would have to come from within. No doctor could prescribe Strong Will + Faith + Acceptance of the New Normal.
You must have done that part for yourself. You don’t need no doctor for that.
At least you can still play the Sax!
Dave did a great cover of “Girls talk.”
I like him. Real rocker from the days when you had rock music. He is also the guitar player on Nick Lowes “Cruel to Be Kind”. He is also in the viseo.
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