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 rationale, principally as a result of his grip power by no means was the identical and he could not play the band’s songs dwell anymore. It is an enormous bummer to learn this. This is hoping every little 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 help of my band, my household, and everybody who supplied type phrases or a dime to assist, I used to be capable of endure the surgical procedure my medical doctors had lengthy really useful. Since my disc alternative surgical procedure and the in depth bodily remedy that adopted, I’ve confronted challenges I by no means anticipated. Sadly, my grip power hasn’t returned, and I can now not play the songs I helped write dwell. It is a troublesome goodbye-not the one I ever imagined for myself-but I do know that is the suitable resolution.
“I wish to lengthen my deepest gratitude to my wonderful life accomplice and my stunning daughters for his or her unwavering help all through this journey. It hasn’t been simple, and your love means every little thing to me.
“Thanks to everybody who has supported me and Kublai Khan TX by way of the years. You will by no means absolutely perceive what a dream it has been and the way deeply grateful I’m.”
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