Unhappy information this morning as Kublai Khan TX guitarist Nolan Ashley has left the band after 13 years. Ashley cites a 2023 disc alternative surgical procedure and ensuing bodily remedy as the explanation, principally as a result of his grip energy by no means was the identical and he could not play the band’s songs reside anymore. It is an enormous bummer to learn this. Here is hoping every thing perhaps will get higher for Ashley and he can return to the band in some unspecified time in the future.
“After 13 unbelievable years, it is with a heavy coronary heart that I announce my departure from Kublai Khan TX. Matt, Eric, and Isaac are my household, and each second spent with you all has been a cherished reminiscence,” wrote Ashley. “I would not commerce any of it for the world.
“In 2023, with the unbelievable assist of my band, my household, and everybody who provided type phrases or a dime to assist, I used to be in a position to bear the surgical procedure my medical doctors had lengthy beneficial. Since my disc alternative surgical procedure and the intensive bodily remedy that adopted, I’ve confronted challenges I by no means anticipated. Sadly, my grip energy hasn’t returned, and I can now not play the songs I helped write reside. It is a tough goodbye-not the one I ever imagined for myself-but I do know that is the precise resolution.
“I need to lengthen my deepest gratitude to my superb life associate and my stunning daughters for his or her unwavering assist all through this journey. It hasn’t been simple, and your love means every thing to me.
“Thanks to everybody who has supported me and Kublai Khan TX by means of the years. You may by no means absolutely perceive what a dream it has been and the way deeply grateful I’m.”
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