WE HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF SOME AMAZING MUSICIANS DUE TO ACCIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS, AND THAT NEARLY HAPPENED AGAIN ON THIS DATE BACK IN 2009. IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK WHEN THE TOUR BUS CARRYING WEEZER LEAD RIVERS CUOMO, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, THE NANNY AND RIVERS’ ASSISTANT SARAH HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE AND CRASHED. RIVERS HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THE BUS WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE A REAR WINDOW BAR. RIVERS SUFFERED CRACKED RIBS AND SOME MINOR BUT PAINFUL INTERNAL DAMAGE, WHILE HIS ASSISTANT SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS AND LOWER VERTEBRAE…LUCKILY NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. THE BAND CANCELED THE REMAINDER OF THEIR DECEMBER TOUR DATES BUT OL RIVERS REBOUNDED AND WAS BACK AT IT JUST 6 WEEKS LATER …SO MANY AMAZING MUSICIAN’S LIVES HAVE BEEN CUT SHORT DUE TO ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY INCLEMENT WEATHER, LIKE THE NAMESAKE OF WEEZER’S 2ND SINGLE OFF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IN 1994, “BUDDY HOLLY”….THAT’S SOME TWISTED IRONY…AND IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
