Last March, my husband Larry and I attended the annual gala for the Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation, near Philadelphia. During the cocktail hour, someone was singing at the piano, “Born to Run.” I turned to Larry.
“Who would have the confidence to try to match Bruce Springsteen, and on that song? And sound just like him?”
Michael Smedley did. Blindness hasn’t stopped the then 15-year-old from being a musician, an actor, and an athlete. He’s a vocalist and keyboard player for the band Casual Friday.
But it isn’t easy. Read More
“Who would have the confidence to try to match Bruce Springsteen, and on that song? And sound just like him?”
Michael Smedley did. Blindness hasn’t stopped the then 15-year-old from being a musician, an actor, and an athlete. He’s a vocalist and keyboard player for the band Casual Friday.
But it isn’t easy. Read More