05/14/2026
This is life…..An update to the 100’s of messages I’ve gotten.
A lot of emotion within the last 10 days.
Released this past Thursday with 2 stents placed in my heart, anticipating open heart surgery in 90 days, but admitted back Friday afternoon with some complications. Held here since, and bypass surgery has now been fast tracked to this Friday, May 15.
My heart is healthy, the plumbing is shot. I’m stable, comfortable, and still able to function half-assed normally right now.
The doctors and nursing staff have been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t ask for better care here at Christian NE in St. Louis.
As far as BLASTED goes, your orders are still shipping thanks to Kelley, Tommy, and Shane, since this is my only source of income.
Please be patient if there are some delays.
Thank you all for the support and for sticking by us. I’m blessed to have every one of you in my life, and the outpouring of support is something I never could’ve comprehended. My goal through all of this was simply to leave this community better than it was before I arrived. Not to exploit or take advantage of it, but to protect it from the leeches and corporate owned bu****it that eventually will.
I’ve been asked a few times about starting a GoFundMe.
DON’T DO IT.
I DON’T WANT IT.
NON-NEGOTIABLE.
If you want to support us, please just use our website. That’s the best way to help my family right now, and we appreciate y’all more than you know.
Our show and travel schedule is on permanent pause at the moment, and honestly that’s the least of my worries currently.
I ask that everyone please be patient.
Not only with me, but with my family too, because they’re going to have their hands full.
Once surgery is complete, it’ll likely take around 60 days just to start feeling near normal again maybe back to travel at 90 days. Please give me whatever time I need to heal from this.
It’s a marathon.
I can never repay y’all for the friendships and camaraderie you’ve given me over the years. At times, I honestly feel like I don’t deserve it.
The only thing I truly ask from all of you is to pray for my wife and children.
Kelley may post updates here when she can but I will unavailable for a while.
Love y’all.
See ya soon…. not soon enough.
Brad
