Danny Bateman

Said he's stepping down from touring because he has a granddaughter that he wants to spend time with and life is short.  Sad for the little one.  

Sounds like he was in pretty bad shape during the last concert tour. He had to be carted around the concert arenas and helped onto the stage for each performance. He was able to do the concerts, but it must have taken a lot out of him to do so. He probably was on some pain killers during this time, as well. 

I had a friend at his very last concert last week.  Said the show was awesome.  But seeing Tom Petty at the Holleywood bowl would make everything awesome.  Hard to believe that show was only like a week ago.  He went downhill fast.