Meinl Cymbal Artist Trey Gray of Brooks & Dunn has HD. Just saw an interview he did which talks about his positive diagnosis on YouTube (just search under "Huntington's Disease." You can clearly see his HD symptoms during the video. He may be a good "star" for the cause--I hadn't heard of this before. He also gives a plug for the HD Lighthouse.

Margie



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I saw that too about three weeks ago on You Tube. I love Brooks and Dunn. It was nice to see him plug the HD lighthouse too.

Jessica

sorry, im a dummy who is he? and what is brooks and dunn?

[www.youtube.com]

I wasn't sure either, but it seems they are HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE C&W stars... million dollar sellers!

They are well known and NICE!!!!

How do you all feel about this?? How would you feel about him being a spokesperson? If you like this idea, email everyone you can at the HDSA. Haven't we been waiting for something like this for a very long time? NOT to wish HD on ANYONE, but here we have a nice talented very well known young man who could really help make HD as known as Parkinson's and MD and MS. If you feel this way, email your wishes to the HDSA. Thanks, Pat

Brooks and Dunn are legendary country performers. They have been around for years and years. I think that I have seen them no less than 8 times in the last ten years. They are about as huge as they come.

I don't think that it would hurt to talk to them...besides Trey is pretty handsome too

Jess

oh they're singers!!! Thank you!

That was nice of him to do that interview .Like so many people the heartache of disease , hits another family . I wish him well. db

That would be cool if he would become a spokesperson for HD. He is cute!And I used to be a country music fan.

Some Brooks and Dunn info from Wikipedia (Trey Gray is their drummer):

Brooks & Dunn have had more than 40 singles on the country music charts of which 20 have reached number one.

Brooks & Dunn also won the Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award every year between 1992 and 2006, except for 2000 when Montgomery Gentry took the honor.

Brooks and Dunn have won more Country Music Association awards and Academy of Country Music awards than any act in the history of country music. They have sold over 30 million records and continue to be one of the most consistently successful touring acts on the concert circuit. They opened for the Rolling Stones in 2006

Dunn has won over 20 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awards, including Country Music Songwriter of the Year twice. He was Billboard Magazine's Country Songwriter of the Year for 1996.

They were also pioneers of the line dance craze of the mid-1990s. Also, they have been described as "rocked-up honky-tonk"[2] One of their biggest hits, "Boot Scootin' Boogie" - the video for which was made at the honky tonk, Tulsa City Limits Tulsa, Oklahoma - is most emblematic of this style.[3

The duo's songs have been used by President George W. Bush as his official campaign songs in both his 2000 election and 2004 re-election campaigns. In 2000 then Texas Governor Bush chose the blue-collar line-dance-friending hit of the mid-1990s, "Hard Workin' Man," and in 2004 the President selected the patriotic hit, "Only in America."

Pat, thanks for posting the video, i just watched it, it was incredible. This is the first time ive seen an hd video where the person is not late stage, and so i didnt find it upsetting, but interesting, because he is early stage i guess, like me, but i dont have chorea yet. That was very very cool!

Hey Barb,

That's exactly how I felt, it was nice to see someone about my age, with about the same symptoms.

I'm finding it harder and harder to watch any of the videos of it anymore...I used to be alot more upbeat about the whole situation...but anymore it just tears me apart.

the recognition and reality is scary.

wow the you tube was great! I think he certainly has alot of potential to help raise awareness of the disease and it looks like from the interview he is really keen to!

Wow

These guys are huge stars. Maybe we can get him to come to the conference if he is not on the road. He is younger than I thought he would be. I think he could be a wonderful spokesperson if he wishes to do so.

Stacy-NJ

He has volunteered to help the HDSA and Brooks and Dunn are willing to help too.

Marsha

That is so huge. Just being able to get the word out about HD with Brooks & Dunn is mind boggling with the amount of fan base that they have.

Stacy-NJ

Hey, Stacy,
You are thinking like I was thinking. I plan to go to Pittsburgh conference this summer and thought it would be awesome if he/they got involved with it somehow. Wow.

Margie

Hi, Marsha,
Just wondering if you know anything more about this. You said,
"He has volunteered to help the HDSA and Brooks and Dunn are willing to help too." Have you heard this from HDSA? That is great if they have already been in touch. Have you heard anything else?

Margie

It would depend on what their schedule would be for the summer. It would be awesome to see him/them there.

Even if they just start speading the word would be amazing.

Stacy-NJ

I read online he is drummer for Faith Hill this year too.