Photo by Bill Kelly
John Popper shared a health update on social media a little over a month after Blues Traveler’s tour bus veered off the road and crossed over a median in Minnesota. Though the band reported only minor injuries immediately after the crash on Aug. 19, Popper has stated that there is something wrong with his right knee. He continued to write he suspects he has a torn ligament after he was slammed into the wall of the bus and is waiting on results from an MRI test.
“…I am reluctantly fearfully looking at getting crutches…and will definitely have to once again try the gig from a tall chair,” wrote Popper, “I’ve done this before, but each solid stance on my right can mean electric…shock-like pain…I will be damned if we’re gonna quit because of this… I know it may come to that if this injury becomes too difficult a battle living on a bus, but I’m not going down without a fight.”
Read Popper’s full statement below.
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Starman2112_rush
September 22, 2021 at 7:00 pmI met him in a bar in Denver years ago when he doing a gig with Steve Kimock. He couldn’t have been a nicer guy. He went out of his way to get one of his mates to take a photo of both of us and then just hung at the bar and talked to me and a couple of other people. A nice normal down to earth guy.
B She
September 22, 2021 at 9:23 amI read his autobiography — a truly unlikable person.
Chris Robinson’s Chip
September 22, 2021 at 7:45 amFucking pussy.
It’s a helluva drug
September 21, 2021 at 4:23 pmIf you weren’t such an incredible asshole John people would wish you well. You were a smug coke prick at the Wetlands and still smug playing in front of 400. How’s it going playing “Four” for smaller and smaller audiences?
Brandon VanDyke
September 22, 2021 at 6:16 amHe was in Fort Wayne,Indiana about a week or 2 after this accident and couldn’t tell anything was wrong. They didn’t just play stuff from the “four” album so I don’t know where you get off saying that. Your just a troll.
RANDOM KIND PERSON
September 22, 2021 at 4:12 pmYou are the only one being an incredible asshole here. Good job, your mom must be proud of you.
me
September 21, 2021 at 2:07 pmGood Luck, John! You guys sounded great in Syracuse…