lucky!

same thing happened to the bass player for a punk band i was working with.
they dropped off their mixes, and then i couldn't get ahold of them for months!

finally the singer gets back to me and goes "oh, the bass player lost most of his left hand in the chain of his motor cycle"
...thinking the band was done, and they didn't care about finishing the album, the singer continued "we've got a show in a few days, good thing he just plays bass"

/actual bass player jokes