News has emerged that Thirsty Merc's drummer Mick Skelton, who was injured in a fatal car crash that killed the band's stage manager, is recovering.

Skelton is reported by friends to have woken from a coma.

Touring drummer Mick Skelton's bandmates from Thirsty Merc. Skelton has woken from a coma.

A delighted Sarah McLeod, lead singer of The Superjesus, and a friend of Thirsty Merc posted an ethusiastic message on Facebook saying Skelton was improving. She then posted a song Skelton plays for her on repeat "whenever he's had a few", Frank Sinatra's That's Life.