Local Community Helps Aspiring Musician

this upcoming fall. but after a medical emergency put those plans in jeopardy — a local bar and restaurant where the young musician frequently plays — stepped in to help. 47 abc’s dani bozzini is here with us in the studio with more on this fundraising effort — dani? thanks david– so i had the pleasure of meeting troy grove and his family — today during a fundraiser that brew river put on in his honor. and it was a good turnout — plenty of folks from the community showing their support. i actually talked with the manager of the restaurant for quite some time about how genuine and kind troy grove is–a huge reason why they stepped in to help. track one about a month ago — troy grove — knew something was wrong. 17:55:23 so i actually woke up one morning i think it was august ninth and i had double vision and no sense of balance 17:55:32 track two his sister tiffany didn’t know what was going on but she knew it was serious– so their mom rushed home from work – took one look at troy — and headed straight to the e-r– that’s when doctors confirmed troy had suffered a stroke — at twenty years old– 17:58:28 it something like– when something like this happens–when you have a stroke at the age of twenty–and it just blindsides you and you just–you lay there and feel kind of helpless 17:58:44 track three now — less than month later –troy is making a steady recovery– but — doctors told him he wouldn’t be allowed to work for up to six weeks — putting a hold on his dream. troy was planning on moving to nashville in october to pursue his music career. he already plays regular gigs locally — including at brew river. but between his medical bills and expenses — it seemed music city would have to wait. brew river manager beverly rincon says it was never in question that the restaurant would help out. 18:00:19 when we found out that he was going to be out of work for a little bit we wanted to do anything we could to help him out- he’s one of our family 18:00:28 track four so brew river decided to donate ten percent of their dock bar sales from four to eight monday evening– the goal– to help troy with medical expenses and to keep his music career going. 17:57:46 it’s crazy, its awesome i actually didn’t realize the support that i had until a couple weeks ago when everybody started to showing up in the hospital room and they start coming out here–its amazing that’s for sure 17:58:01 track five and–troy’s family and friends were just as grateful– 18:06:00 and i really want him to pursue his dream and not let anything hold him back and for this to hold him back–you know it hurt our family a little bit but i’m really glad everyone is supporting us 18:06:10 18:03:57 i’m just excited to see where he goes in the next couple years. i believe in him one hundred percent and so does everyone here obviously so its really cool 18:04:06 track five troy tells 47 abc that this experience has taught him to cherish every moment with everyone because you don’t know when your last day will be. dani bozzini, 47 abc and troy told me doctors still have no clue what caused the stroke– he’s still undergoing tests–and actually headed to johns hopkins hospital in baltimore at the end of the month to figure out if anything else is going on– but for now–he will just continue to play his music and save up for nashville david–back to you alright thanks dani – 47 abc’s dani bozzini reporting in studio tonight. here’s a look at the