Many music fans have learned
about Parkinson’s disease from
the annual Light of Day concerts,
which raise funds to help find
a cure for the disease. Light of
Day has expanded from a single
show in Asbury Park to events
held on 13 countries on 3 continents. The shows return to Asbury Park for 10 days in January,
including one night that includes
a performance by Arlon Bennett,
an artist diagnosed with Parkinson’s in October 2010.
Bennett, a folk musician whose
songs evoke memories of Harry
Chapin and James Taylor, had
suspicions of something wrong
for a few years prior to the diagnosis. As a finger-picking guitarist, he noticed his fingers stumbling during patterns he had
down cold. But no matter how
prepared you are, hearing the
official diagnose still hits hard.
Bennett recalls feeling numb
when his doctor told him the
news.
Watch Arlon Bennett perform “World of Possibilities”
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