![]() My spiritual advisor connected me with a foundation that paid for half of my trauma treatment. I suffered from PTSD from the abuses I endured growing up. When I was six years sober, I had suffered from nightmares every single night of being attacked, which was absolutely horrific. We would love to learn more about how The Red Songbird Foundation got started and how it has changed your life. Red Songbird provides education, outreach, resources, and treatment scholarships for those affected by trauma, mental health, alcoholism, and drug addiction. Prior to that, I personally funded individuals for ten years to go to treatment and get counseling. The Red Songbird Foundation was officially launched in May 2019. Can you please tell us about your organization and what it does? The Red Songbird Foundation just celebrated its 10-year anniversary. On top of being involved in a lot of wonderful organizations, you even formed one of your own. I have a special love for the elderly, and I have a special love for the little animals… because there were times my pain was so great, and my greatest antidepressants were my fur babies. I want others to have the same freedom I have had. I’m so grateful and so blown away that all I want to do is give back. ![]() I never knew I could have a life of happiness, sobriety, healthiness, and freedom from the nightmares of childhood abuse. I also survived open-heart surgery, among other things. Growing up with trauma, becoming an alcoholic and a drug addict, and then finally getting sober. You are an active member of The American Heart Association, you work with multiple child advocacy centers, elderly assistance organizations, and no kill shelters and animal rescues. Her disease is progressing, but she keeps fighting. Her husband, Kevin, retired seven years early and lost 40% of his pension so he could care for his wife, bathe her, and dress her… He is one of the finest men I have ever known. Since being presented with that song, she no longer wants to commit suicide and has been a voice to those that are also afflicted with this horrible disease. We were able to present her song and video to her at the launch of my foundation called Red Songbird in May 2019. After visiting her for Christmas in 2018, I told Damon that we had to write a song dedicated to her. This was not Annie's personality prior to getting ill. She tried to commit suicide six times in two weeks because the pain was so great physically, and the depression was overwhelming. It progressed in a year and a half in what should have taken ten years. Annie became sick with a very rare form of muscular dystrophy called FSH. As I started going for that dream, it began coming true. My good friends, Annie and Kevin, from the New Forest of England, encouraged me for a long time to get back into singing after I became very discouraged. Can you please tell us a little bit about the story behind it and what inspired you to write it? Jejune loves your song “Fight to the Other Side”. ![]() Damon Sharpe (my Grammy award-winning producer) and I wanted it to be catchy and feel good, and we wanted to give those type of men the shout-out that they deserve. They are the kind of men we can depend on and trust. Good Man is a song about all of the men out there who have integrity, honesty, and loyalty. By practicing the songs, I learned that I actually had a voice!Ĭongrats on your new release, “Good Man.” Can you tell us a little bit about this song? I started singing songs from the play, all of the time. My family took me to see the play, “Annie,” and I wanted to be just like her. How did you get interested in becoming a singer?
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