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focused. He’s more determined than ever to put out a finished product. Ever the working musi- cian, he does not want any char- ity from fellow musicians - he wants them to be paid. He has been recruiting some of Nash- ville’s finest for the record. The biggest problem is a combina- tion of finances and time itself. said Richards. “So, I’m getting it regularly every other week. You get your infusion, you fight through all of the after effects for 3-6 days and then, for me, that leaves only about another 5-7 days to do everything I’ve got to do. On top of that there’s the phrase ‘chemo brain.’ What I find now is that it’s almost like I’ve got a scratch in my mental “Unfortunately, one of the record. There are times when things with my particular diag- I get on to something and I nosis is that I’m on what they call just cannot get past that line or life extension chemotherapy,” phrase or anything. I struggle Watch a video for “My Only True Friend” by Gregg Allman NJ STAGE - ISSUE 44 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 17