Send us a text Country music and autism awareness come together at Nashville Palace for "An Acoustic Evening for Autism," where artists use their platform to support families affected by autism through the newly formed Country Music Autism Awareness Foundation. • Doug Mathis explains how his song about an autistic boy named Jack led to creating an annual benefit concert • The event features performances from Daryl Worley, T Graham Brown, John Barry, and others to raise funds for Vanderbilt's Kennedy Center • Emcee Devin O'Day shares personal connections to autism and how understanding has evolved over time • Discussion of how many brilliant artists and songwriters likely fall somewhere on the autism spectrum • O'Day shares touching story about connecting a high-anxiety horse with an autistic child, finding unexpected harmony • Plans to expand the Country Music Autism Foundation events to more cities nationwide • Statistics highlight that one in seven people worldwide know someone with autism in their family Tell everyone everywhere about Why Not Me the World, the conversations we're having and the inspiration our guests give to everyone everywhere that you are not alone in this world. https://tonymantor.com https://Facebook.com/tonymantor https://instagram.com/tonymantor https://twitter.com/tonymantor https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)
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Hopefully, you gain more awareness, acceptance, and a better understanding for autism around the world. Hi, I'm Tony Mantor, and welcome to today's episode of Why Not Me? The World. We're recording live at the Nashville Palace for a special remote podcast, unscripted, unedited and full of heart. Tonight's episode supports an acoustic evening for autism, a show happening right here this evening.
We're thrilled to bring you this country experience, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we're enjoying sharing it with you. We've got two fantastic guests joining us tonight. And for the next three weeks, I'll be featuring two guests per episode to dive into everything we're covering right here tonight. Thanks for tuning in. All right, I'm here with Doug Mathis.
So tell me a little bit about what you're doing tonight.
Tony, it's a lot of work.
Yes, it is.
We are hosting an event called An Acoustic Evening for Autism. And we've got Daryl Worley, T. Graham Brown, John Barry. Dylan Massengale, Jamie O'Neal, her sister Minnie Murphy who has an autistic child. I'll be performing and Farron Hamblin will be performing with his autistic nephew. So it's going to be great.
So this is your number two, right? Second annual, yes. So what kicked it off? What started it all?
I wrote a song a couple years ago about a little autistic boy. His name is Jack. He's seven years old. He's all about numbers because of his autism.
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