Bman's Blues Report

You might say that John D’Amato was born with the blues. John was born blue due to a lack of oxygen caused by a congenital heart defect (which was corrected at the age of nine). This led John down a different path than most children, one of seemingly endless doctor visits and medical tests, lonely hospital stays and painful medical procedures all of which were to determine if they could correct John’s problem before it killed him. Fortunately through the grace of God and a doctor at Yale University a surgical procedure was developed that saved John’s life. This experience had a profound effect on John At an early age John learned the lessons of fear, pain and loneliness, but he also learned the lessons of faith, hope, the grace and power of god and the healing power of music. Ask John about the blues and his reply will be “God gave us a way to help ease our pain. Help us forget our problems, our fears, our mistakes and to cry to God for help and healing. That’s what the ...