Country music icon Ronnie McDowell suffered a medical incident onstage which left him slurring his words and brought to a Pennsylvania hospital.
The 75-year-old musician – who worked on an album with Dolly Parton years ago – was ‘three or four songs’ into his set during a concert in Oley, Pennsylvania’s Summer Solstice Music Festival when he started ‘not making sense’ according to WKRN.
The Nashville based television station reported that the show was paused as the country star was taken to the side of the stage as McDowell said he was not feeling well and thought he may be having a stroke.
As of Sunday morning, the artist was undergoing tests at a hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania and no updates have emerged since.
On Sunday, Ronnie’s official Facebook page posted an image of Ronnie playing the acoustic guitar.
It was accompanied with the message: ‘Please keep Ronnie in your thoughts and prayers. The Family is updating on their personal platforms.’
Country music icon Ronnie McDowell suffered a medical incident onstage which left him slurring his words and brought to a Pennsylvania hospital
McDowell’s country musician son Tyler Dean McDowell later posted about his father on his Instagram Story.
He wrote: ‘Thanks everyone, for the love. I’m heading to Pennsylvania now — I didn’t go with them on this run.
‘Seeing these headlines on social media is what I’ve always dreaded. It’s like a nightmare. Scans are in the morning. If praying’s your thing, I’d appreciate it.’
McDowell is an icon in country music as two of his singles – 1981’s Older Women and 1983’s You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation – each reached number one on the country charts.
In addition to that impressive feat, 11 more of his songs had also hit the top 10.
He has enjoyed a storied career where he has released more than 20 studio albums as he has been with Curbed Records for nearly 40 years signing in 1986.
The star is a devoted fan of Elvis Presley and following the icon’s death in 1977, he rote and recorded a tribute song which became his first country hit and only pop hit titled The King Is Gone.
It peaked at number 13 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles and became a gold record as it has sold more than five million copies to date.
The 75-year-old musician was ‘three or four songs’ into his set during a concert in Oley, Pennsylvania’s Summer Solstice Music Festival when he started ‘not making sense’ according to WKRN; he is seen with Sylvia McDowell in February 2016
On Sunday, Ronnie’s official Facebook page posted an image of Ronnie playing the acoustic guitar
McDowell (seen in 1970) is an icon in country music as two of his singles – 1981’s Older Women and 1983’s You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation – each reached number one on the country charts
More recently, his comparisons to Elvis hit the mainstream again as he appeared alongside Dolly Parton in a track for her 2023 rock cover album Rockstar.
On it there was an original titled I Dreamed About Elvis as Parton and McDowell were joined by special guests The Jordanaires.
Parton told BBC Radio 2 was asked at the time about rumors that she wouldn’t let Elvis record a cover for I Will Always Love You… years before Whitney Houston’s smash hit cover for her 1992 movie The Bodyguard.
Heather McDowell, Kris Kristofferson, and Ronnie McDowell are seen left to right in Nashville back in November 2010
Parton clarified that Elvis loved the song but she wouldn’t let his manager Colonel Tom Parker use it due to a publishing dispute which left her ‘heartbroken’ as she always wanted to hear Elvis sing it.
Meanwhile, of Mcdowell’s involvement on the 2023 song I Dreamed About Elvis, Parton explained: ‘I had Ronnie McDowell, who, he actually used to work on the road with Elvis but he sounds just like him, so I wrote a song and I dreamed that Elvis was singing the song I Will Always Love You,’ Parton explained.
‘So I wrote a whole song about Elvis and then when we did I Will Always Love You, and it’s in this album,’ she said.’
This article was originally published by a www.dailymail.co.uk . Read the Original article here. .