US guitarist Al Di Meola suffers a heart attack on stage in Romania but is now in a stable condition

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[JonPreston]

who? I don’t mean the Who, I mean who?

[dennisw]

Unsafe and ineffective. Induces myocarditis and other heart conditions.

[neverevergiveup]

Great guitarist. There are some excellent interventional cardiologists in Romania. Hopefully he gets rapid treatment.

[Red Badger]

Dead is pretty ‘stable’....................

[rktman]

Yup! Hope he recovers and can play some more.

[indthkr]

One of the earliest “shredders” ....

[Gene Eric]

That stinks. I guess that’ll end the tour. Great guitarist.

[newfreep]

One of THE best guitarists ever...with incredible technical skills

I saw him live with RTF (Chick Corea’s extraordinary jazz/fusion group)

[wardaddy]

Virtuoso

[SunkenCiv]

He's a great guitarist, and, of course, a TDS'er to a degree that makes it so I don't listen to him any longer.

[Rummyfan]

Prayers up for Al DiMeola. Saw him live back in 1976. He was fantastic.

[plain talk]

I have been following him on Facebook lately. He has spent a lot of time touring overseas over the last few years. Al has been posting lots of pictures of him in Italy and elsewhere.

One cool video excerpt involved him playing adhoc in a small Italian restaurant. Maybe someone just handed him a guitar? He seemed to be dining there and then started playing and not sure anyone knew who he was.

As one who has to watch my diet I admit I was envious that he was seemingly able to eat like someone in their 20s and get away with it. I guess not.

What a master guitarist on both electric and acoustic guitars. One has to see him live to really appreciate his talent. Hopefully he will have a full recovery and adapt.

[1Old Pro]

Saw him play in a small club setting some 40 years ago, phenomenal.

[Luke21]

He’s 69 now, and was a very young man when he did “Return to Forever.” Seventies jazz musician on the cutting edge.

[napscoordinator]

Yep. First 69 year old man to ever have a heart attack.

[higgmeister]

My wife didn't recognize his name but if he is a Jazz guitarist he's got to be good.   She will keep her ears tuned for his work.

Get well soon Al.

[zeugma]

Rick Beato did an excellent interview with him not all that long ago. Worth listening to if you're a music nerd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU745UovT2g

[Pelham]

What was the date that he got vaccinated?

As long as you are going to pretend to know that the vax was involved at least add a few more make believe details to juice up your story some.

[Noumenon]

I have many of his LPs.