Ray Charles, Steve Wonder and  Deshaymond all of these individuals are musicians whom have had to overcome adversity to achieve there dreams in music. On this episode  Deshaymond shares his journey from growing up in Growing up in Coonville, a rural, impoverished, neighbourhood that sits on the outskirts of Lafayette,Louisiana, studying music since the age of 5, to loosing his sight in 2015 do to Optic Atrophy and almost giving up on life itself to creating his first album "I Am its a true story of healing through the power of music be sure to check out  Deshaymond's album "I AM" his work with the organization RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) and other projects in the links below. Until next time Keep Calm and Roll On

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https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackBlindBoyChronicles

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https://rampd.org

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