Unfortunately he's pretty much done for. He was diagnosed last year with the same heart condition & had emergency bipass surgery that finally killed man old man and the father of one of my mags writers. King doesn't plan a return to the stage but I suppose he might do some guest appearances and maybe some studio work? Hard to sing like that if you can't breathe...
I'm happy I got to interview him twice, really nice guy, we were chatting so long the record label broke in on our conversation and said they weren't gonna pay anymore so we had to hang up. It's cool when bands are not total as ses, I've dealt with all kinds... The older "bigger" bands are always the most gracious compared to the younger snots... LOL