Somebody Get Diamond Dave A Doctor

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » November 16, 2004 12:25 pm

From The Mercury News.com:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn ... 613.htm?1c

Famed Rocker Roth Goes From No. 1 to 911

NEW YORK - Instead of screaming "Jump," David Lee Roth will be
yelling "clear!" The former Van Halen frontman is taking up a new
trade _ paramedic.

Roth, 50, has been riding for several weeks with a New York ambulance
crew in training to become a paramedic, The New York Post reported
Tuesday.

"I have been on over 200 individual rides now," said Roth. "Not once
has anyone recognized me, which is perfect for me."

The singer, who spent a decade with Van Halen before embarking on a
solo career, except a collaboration with the band for two new songs
on a greatest hits album, has been riding along with crews in the
Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn several nights a week.

His training seems to be going well.

Several weeks ago, Roth saved the life of a heart attack victim in
the Bronx by using a defibrillator on her.

He takes his work so seriously that he did not want publicity so that
it would not "diminish what I am trying to do here." He has said that
he did not want the neighborhoods he was working in named so that he
would not draw attention to himself or co-workers.

"You would never know you were dealing with a rock-'n'-roll guy,"
said Linda Reissman, Roth's EMS consultant and tutor. "His commitment
really is touching. He wants to help people."

jollymon345 · Post by **jollymon345** » November 16, 2004 12:32 pm

I think that would probably freak me out. I just hope he's not stoned or something. To many other memories of Dave would scare the hell out of me.

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » November 16, 2004 12:33 pm

*NOTE TO SELF: Do not do anything that will require you to need an ambulance!!!

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » November 16, 2004 12:40 pm

Whaddya mean!?! He was "Hot For Teacher"!!!

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » November 16, 2004 12:52 pm

Do you s'pose he jumps out of the ambulance with a flying scissor kick?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » November 16, 2004 12:54 pm

Just as long as he doesn't try to assist a man about to throw himself from a building by saying "Well, ya might as well jump. JUMP!".

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » November 16, 2004 1:11 pm

buffettbride wrote:Just as long as he doesn't try to assist a man about to throw himself from a building by saying "Well, ya might as well jump. JUMP!".

@wBBs

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » November 16, 2004 1:45 pm

I always thought Dave would become a professional ice cream man!

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » November 16, 2004 5:01 pm

diamond dave kicks a$$!!!

chalksoperations · Post by **chalksoperations** » November 16, 2004 7:02 pm

This is about the coolest story I have heard in a long time. There is a massive laundry list of post fame musicians and singers that either wasted themselves away or meandered through life aimlessly with no real purpose.
I hadn't heard this about Dave (from what I read I believe that's exactly what he wanted).

Thanks for sharing that!

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » November 16, 2004 7:29 pm

I would not want to be in his ambulance and hearing Running With The Devil in the background.....