While working on this week’s show, “Music On Your Mind,” I re-watched the documentary “I’ll Be Me,” which recounts country star Glen Campbell’s farewell tour. What’s remarkable about this tour is he started it after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. And while sometimes he didn’t know where he was or why he was playing, he still sang and played the guitar beautifully.
He’s inspiring. But so are some of the other people we talked to for this show, including my mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago, and sings with her memory care group. I learned that both professional musicians and the rest of us can re-find music deep within us, no matter the age, and even if we’ve lost most other memories. Write to us at listen@ttbook.org if you have a music and memory story. We’d love to hear it.
—Shannon