life. i won tickets to a neil diamond concert in charleston, west virginia. it was at that moment that i felt hands upon me saying buy a guitar and start a band. this is what you re supposed to do. the music is your purpose. i went the next day and bought a left-handed guitar and never played another game. i started a band the very next day and never played another baseball game. i started making my living playing music the very like the next week. what does neil diamond think about this story? well, we talked about it. oddly enough, the last show before america closed down for the pandemic i was with neil diamond in las vegas. it was for the cleveland hospital and all that great benefit there that they do. you know, just seeing him. he knows he s one of the greatest songwriters in history and his voice is pure fire.