Saving Lives, One Banjo At A Time

The Daily Mail is reporting that banjo player Eddie Adcock had brain surgery while performing. It's a pretty incredible story. He and his banjo playing have been suffering from tremors. The doctors asked him to play while keeping him under local anesthetic. When they places an electrode inside his brain and turned it on, his banjo playing returned to its virtuosic best and the doctors knew they had succeeded.

While I suggest reading David Derbyshire's whole story, you'll get the gist from this passage:

"He lay on a table, clutching his Deering GoodTime banjo to his chest and picking at the strings, while surgeons prodded his brain through a hole in his skull.

When the surgeons found the right part of the brain, Adcock instantly regained his ability and was able to play at full speed once again.

The operation ended on a high note with a twang of lightning-fast banjo picking."