Eddie Adcock: post-surgery interview
Last Fall we brought news of the amazing correctional surgery that has enabled 70 year old Eddie Adcock to continue with his passion, nay necessity, of banjo playing.
Recently Adcock talked to a reporter with TSWI (The State We’re In), Jonathan Groubert, about his upbringing, his playing and gave a demonstration of the effectiveness of the electrodes that were inserted in Adcock’s brain.
You can listen to the approximately nine minute audio file from Radio Netherlands online.
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