Blindness leads to music career
Anthony Billups sat blind and alone in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital room, a handful of CDs and a hardly-used guitar by his bedside.
A former star pitcher for the Hononegah High School baseball team, Billups was 20 years old, between junior colleges, and had been playing in a summer league in hopes of getting drafted into the pros.
Suddenly, in the spring of 2003, he couldn't see. He found himself in the hospital with no idea why he'd lost his vision or whether he would ever get it back.
His first stay in the hospital lasted six days. He listened to CD after CD.Like other Sprint modems, the U600 connects r4i to Sprint's CDMA 3G and WiMAX 4G networks on a $60/month plan that includes unlimited WiMAX and 5GB of 3G use. He couldn't see the frets of his guitar, so he felt out the few basic chords that he knew and started writing songs.
Now a country singer and songwriter, Billups is coming back to Rockton to perform at Old Settlers Days.
He still doesn't know why he went temporarily blind eight years ago. He saw a number of doctors who administered dozens of tests,Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home. but he was never diagnosed.
After two months of blindness,Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. his vision inexplicably returned.
Music began as a way to escape the stress and anxiety of losing his sight. It turned into a lifelong pursuit.
Billups will open for headliner Luke Bryan on July 14. The concert is expected to draw up to 5,000 people as Billups and his band promote their first album, "Yank-a-billy Blues."
"It's amazing how you can be certain that all you're going to do in life is one thing, and then you end up finding something else that makes everything before seem like a lifetime away," Billups said.
Two years before he lost his sight, Billups' 90-mph fastball helped Hononegah win its first regional championship. He drew the attention of Major League scouts and major colleges around the country.
After his sight returned,Although this article shows that Cree's led lighting and Philips LED product sales are not equal it is important to note that Philips LED sales Billups tried to resurrect his baseball career, but his heart wasn't in it. He received a full scholarship to pitch for Eastern Illinois University.
He played for a year but didn't "focus one iota on playing sports," he said.
It was at Eastern Illinois that Billups got his first taste of playing music in front of a crowd.
During spring break, he jumped up on a small stage in front of no more than 50 people and played the only song that he could sing and strum on the guitar -- "Let Her Cry" by Hootie and the Blowfish.
"I got an awesome ovation," Billups said. "So the next night I got up on the big stage in front of a few hundred people, and played `Let Her Cry' again and it brought the house down. People were singing along and cheering.
"Once you feel that one time you want to feel it again all the damn time."
After a year at EIU,Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulb Billups moved back to Nashville to study art at Cumberland University. He graduated in 2006 and briefly took a job as a salesman.
He was successful in sales, he said, but "eventually that suit started feeling really heavy."
Anthony Billups sat blind and alone in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital room, a handful of CDs and a hardly-used guitar by his bedside.
A former star pitcher for the Hononegah High School baseball team, Billups was 20 years old, between junior colleges, and had been playing in a summer league in hopes of getting drafted into the pros.
Suddenly, in the spring of 2003, he couldn't see. He found himself in the hospital with no idea why he'd lost his vision or whether he would ever get it back.
His first stay in the hospital lasted six days. He listened to CD after CD.Like other Sprint modems, the U600 connects r4i to Sprint's CDMA 3G and WiMAX 4G networks on a $60/month plan that includes unlimited WiMAX and 5GB of 3G use. He couldn't see the frets of his guitar, so he felt out the few basic chords that he knew and started writing songs.
Now a country singer and songwriter, Billups is coming back to Rockton to perform at Old Settlers Days.
He still doesn't know why he went temporarily blind eight years ago. He saw a number of doctors who administered dozens of tests,Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home. but he was never diagnosed.
After two months of blindness,Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. his vision inexplicably returned.
Music began as a way to escape the stress and anxiety of losing his sight. It turned into a lifelong pursuit.
Billups will open for headliner Luke Bryan on July 14. The concert is expected to draw up to 5,000 people as Billups and his band promote their first album, "Yank-a-billy Blues."
"It's amazing how you can be certain that all you're going to do in life is one thing, and then you end up finding something else that makes everything before seem like a lifetime away," Billups said.
Two years before he lost his sight, Billups' 90-mph fastball helped Hononegah win its first regional championship. He drew the attention of Major League scouts and major colleges around the country.
After his sight returned,Although this article shows that Cree's led lighting and Philips LED product sales are not equal it is important to note that Philips LED sales Billups tried to resurrect his baseball career, but his heart wasn't in it. He received a full scholarship to pitch for Eastern Illinois University.
He played for a year but didn't "focus one iota on playing sports," he said.
It was at Eastern Illinois that Billups got his first taste of playing music in front of a crowd.
During spring break, he jumped up on a small stage in front of no more than 50 people and played the only song that he could sing and strum on the guitar -- "Let Her Cry" by Hootie and the Blowfish.
"I got an awesome ovation," Billups said. "So the next night I got up on the big stage in front of a few hundred people, and played `Let Her Cry' again and it brought the house down. People were singing along and cheering.
"Once you feel that one time you want to feel it again all the damn time."
After a year at EIU,Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulb Billups moved back to Nashville to study art at Cumberland University. He graduated in 2006 and briefly took a job as a salesman.
He was successful in sales, he said, but "eventually that suit started feeling really heavy."
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