A courageous patient at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital inspired a song and video from Darius Rucker. The performance and story told in this video sum up what radio stations nationwide are standing up for this week.
Brennan Simkins was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in January of 2009, at the age of six. After his fourth bone marrow transplant, the now 12-year-old's condition took a turn for the worse. That's when music promoter Joe Stevenson, a family friend, encouraged Brennan's father, Turner Simkins, to write a song.
The result was a song titled "Possibilities." Rucker heard the tune when Simkins presented it to him at a guitar pull, and he recorded it at a session in Memphis with the help of patients at the hospital. He released it on Dec. 16 as part of a holiday promotion for St. Jude.
Brennan Simkins has been in remission since February of 2011. On Thursday and Friday (March 5-6), Taste of Country joins 16 Townsquare Media-owned stations in an effort to raise money and awareness for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Help by sharing this special song, and donating by clicking the button below.