Terminally Ill Guitarist MEL GALLEY To Fans: 'You Are The Music - I Was Just In A Band' - [Blabbermouth Metal News]

2008-02-10 05:00:02
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British hard rock guitarist Mel Galley (WHITESNAKE, TRAPEZE, PHENOMENA) — who was recently diagnosed with cancer — has released the following statement: "Well, as some of you may already have read in the press or seen/heard on other websites, the verdict from the doctors following a full MRI scan is that my condition is terminal.

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