Billy Reasons was electrocuted and nearly died. He blacked out while he was in direct contact with live voltage, and the damage to his body and his mind would have been enough to dissuade anyone from ever picking up a guitar again. For a guy who owns 19 guitars, and had been a professional musician in both Country and Contemporary Christian music for decades, that’s a brutally tough pill to swallow.

Now Billy has a screw in his right thumb, and no feeling on the inside of his right forearm, thumb and first two fingers. He cannot finger-pick as he once did. He actually glues a pick to his thumb and finger with the longtime baseball substance of pine tar to enable him to play – and his music hits a home run every time.