Posted on 01/20/2010 2:23:28 PM PST by RGirard
Fiddle player extraordiare Charlie Daniels, most famous for his song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", suffered a stroke Friday Jan 15th while snowmobiling in Durango Colorado. The news was announced yesterday via his blog www.charliedanielssoapbox.com.
Mr. Daniels was treated in Durango, then airlifted approx. 230 miles to Denver for further treatment. Although the stroke was caused by a blood clot to the brain, it was considered a "minor" stroke ... Charlie has started physical therapy and is reportedly doing fine.
Daniels, 73, was snowmobiling with friends when he noticed numbness in his left hand ...
According to Charlie Daniels: "The fingerprints of God were all over my experience."
There are currently no plans to cancel any of his upcoming live performances which include Fox News host Sean Hannity's Freedom Concerts ... You can currently watch Mr. Daniels on the latest Geico commercial ...
(30 second commercial included with article)
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Wow! I’m glad it was a ‘mild’ stroke!!
One of my favorites. Glad he going to be OK
Great man. Keep on truckin’, Charlie!
Thank God it was a minor stroke - Charlie is a legend. I saw him in concert two years ago and have tickets to the Freedom concert in Tulsa next August. Get well, Charlie.
This man of God loves his country and he is not ashamed to say what is on his mind! God bless ya, Charlie and get better!
Ping!
You want any Charlie Daniels recordings on the drive I haven’t mailed yet? I got an envelope, at least. I plan to go to the library on Friday, and could get some along with Steve Earle for Bill to rip for you.
Bad news but it sounds like he’s doing well. Maybe he just did too much “tokin’ on a number” when he was young.
OTOH, he looks like he’s having a stroke in that Geico commercial.
A stroke is bad news but if he’s able to communicate, that’s a good sign.
He’ll be on coumaden the rest of his life.
There is really no such thing as a minor stroke. They all disable the person in some way or another. a baby Stroke is a warning sign that something is going wrong. He was lucky.
God Bless Mr Daniels...may his fiddle never falter.
probably a TIA ... that’s why it’s good for older people to take baby aspirin or better yet eat onions and garlic which are natural blood thinners to help prevent blood clots
God be with you Mr. Daniels.
a TIA is Gods way of telling a person to get to a hospital.
Amen to that and...by 911 ambulance is even all the better.
God Bless you Charlie in Christ name I ask..
He will have to lose 40 to 50+ pounds!
“...treated in Durango, then airlifted approx. 230 miles to Denver for further treatment...” The US has great medical care!
Don’t you love the ad he is in where he shows the violin player in a fancy restaurant how to play..he plays in such a way that the strings on the bow start to fray and at the end he says “ That’s how to play a fiddle, son”!
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