moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey shared a health update as he continues his recovery from a stroke on Podcrash, a new podcast from the band. Podcrash features the members of the group addressing all things moe.
Garvey suffered the stroke last November. The guitarist will miss the band’s upcoming tour dates with Suke Cerulo and Nate Wilson (Percy Hill) filling in.
Chuck revealed “getting some speech going on” was the first and most important part of his recovery. “I just wanted to talk,” Garvey said. “When I woke up I just wanted to see everyone that I’ve ever known.
“It was great to see you guys, but I couldn’t say what I wanted to say so that was hard,” noted Garvey. “Working on the speech is because I want to talk to everybody and now all the stuff … getting back on my feet was a big thing so I could get out of a chair was the next thing. And then the next thing was getting my hand to work so I could play.” He then shared a story about patting his dog, who didn’t like the motion.
“Working on everything to get the fine motor skills on my hand is really big because I want to play again,” explained Chuck. “I want to play with the band. I want all the fun things that we can do with music is … I want to try that again.”
The clip from the first episode of Podcrash was premiered by Live For Live Music. The full episode arrives tomorrow (Thursday, May 26) via moe.org and all podcast services. Stream the clip below:
