Oct 15 2008
Man Plays Banjo While Having Brain Surgery
Legendary bluegrass player Eddie Adcock had brain surgery while playing the banjo.
It was when his wife noticed early on that Eddie hand had a tremor while playing, making it difficult to strum. His skills were fading with the tremor, so Eddie went in to get checked out.
Soon after the doctors asked if Eddie would play while having surgery so that they could get to the bottom of the problem. Eddie was given a local anesthetic so that he could play while surgeons went to work.
After the surgery Eddie was back to his old self, and has new gigs popping up all over the place.
Doctors were afraid that they would be able to control the tremor, but would not be able to get him back to his old playing ability.
Surgeons implanted a pacemaker into his chest which will regulate the tremor so that Eddie can get back to his first love, the banjo.
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