Extract of an article by Cheryl Brink
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May 2, 2012
Jackie Smith, a member of the international hit band the Brigadoons
"Music came very easy," he says. "At one time, I used to be able to hear a piece once and I could go to a piano and play it.'' He still remembers the night his mother called him out of bed to see the piano her family had just purchased. "I went down and I played," he said. "My dad didn't even know I could play:'