Ronnie Milsap’s Grandparents Influenced His Musical Development!

Here's a really great heart warming story that appeared in GRAND Magazine a while back about how Ronnie Milsap's grandparents influenced his musical development...

"Country And R&B legend Ronnie Milsap was born blind and into extreme poverty in the Appalachian town of Robbinsville, North Carolina. Unwilling to accept her newborn's blindness, Ronnie's mother gave him to his grandparents to raise when he was just a year old. At age 6, Ronnie was cut off from everything he knew and held dear when he was sent to the Governor Moorehead State School for the Blind in Raleigh. All along, the sightless child took refuge in music..."

You can read full article at http://www.grandmagazine.com/article.asp?id=63