Changing Keys: Billy McLaughlin and the Mysteries of Dystonia
- 2009
- 55m
Minneapolis native Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences with his innovative guitar technique and composing style. In the late 1990s he began to lose control of his hand and arm and was soon ... Read allMinneapolis native Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences with his innovative guitar technique and composing style. In the late 1990s he began to lose control of his hand and arm and was soon unable to play his own music. Many thought his career was over when he was diagnosed with ... Read allMinneapolis native Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences with his innovative guitar technique and composing style. In the late 1990s he began to lose control of his hand and arm and was soon unable to play his own music. Many thought his career was over when he was diagnosed with focal dystonia, an incurable neuromuscular disorder. Billy had other ideas: He began the a... Read all