The Latest: ‘Rascals’ guitarist expected to recover

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Latest on Gene Cornish, guitarist for The Rascals, who collapsed while performing in Montana (all times local):

3:05 p.m.

A publicist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish of The Rascals says he’s expected to recover after collapsing on stage while performing in Montana.

Melissa Kucirek says Cornish was resting comfortably Saturday, a day after he collapsed at the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings.

Kucirek says she doesn’t know what caused Cornish to collapse.

Theater programming and marketing director Jody Grant told the Billings Gazette that medical personnel used a defibrillator and performed CPR on Cornish before he was taken to a hospital.

Grant says Cornish and Rascals organist Felix Cavaliere had completed the first song of a concert and Cavaliere had started the second when Cornish collapsed.

The Rascals had a string of hits in the 1960s including “Good Lovin,’” “Groovin’” and “A Beautiful Morning.”

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12:15 p.m.

A theatre official says Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish of The Rascals collapsed on stage while performing in Montana.

The Billings Gazette reports the 74-year-old Cornish was taken to a hospital Friday. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Cornish’s publicist, Melissa Kucirek, said Saturday she didn’t yet have an update.

Jody Grant, programming and marketing director for the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, says Cornish and Rascals organist Felix Cavaliere had completed the first song of a concert and Cavaliere began the second when Cornish collapsed.

Medical personnel treated Cornish on stage before he was taken to a hospital.

The Rascals’ 1960s hits included “Good Lovin,’” “Groovin’” and “A Beautiful Morning.”

They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Information from: The Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com