Kelly Matthews and Jeff Grady, known for their work with the bands Lordchain and Step Cousin, have a degenerative retinal disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). People with RP experience a gradual decline in their vision, resulting in incurable blindness. However, Kelly and Jeff have never pushed their music as being ‘produced, recorded & performed by blind people’. The focus has always been on the music and spreading God’s Word. Search For Sight is different in that the goals of this project are to raise awareness about Retinitis Pigmentosa, let people know they can be a part of the cure, and raise money to fund this much needed research.
In 2010 Kelly met with Dr. Alessandro Iannaccone of the Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, Tennessee and was told about the research project he was planning. Kelly had a strong desire to help find a cure, and came up with the idea of recording music to raise funds for this RP research. This desire and idea brought about the musical project, Search For Sight, “Too Many Goodbyes”, which is available for download at Search For Sight. Kelly commented, “God has blessed us with the ability to put out music online without a massive amount of expense. We could do fund raising concerts (that’s not out of the question), but we wanted a way to bless people on a larger scale and in return they bless us by supporting this cause. It’s a win-win situation. You get great music and you support a wonderful cause. ”.
Concerning Search For Sight’s musical style, Kelly had this to say: “Search For Sight has it’s own style and feel. We do have (of course) some Lordchain influenced material & even a remastered Lordchain song on the debut, but this isn’t a Lordchain album. It’s got a bluesy, classic rock/folk rock feel to some of the songs. We wanted something a little more commercial.”
When you purchase Search For Sight music, 100% of the proceeds will go directly to fund the research to find a cure for RP. Dr. Iannaccone, who is aware and supportive of the project can be reached at facebook.com .
Untombed Webzine understands the importance of making this research possible, and encourages you to be a part of this amazing opportunity. In the words of David Michael, “We’re excited about the project and very happy to help spread the word. The members of Lordchain and Step Cousin have been a blessing to the Christian metal community for many years and we support them 100%. A project such as Search for Sight needs the support of you and I to help fund this great research that is working hard to make a difference in the lives of those with RP.”
When you click on the ‘Buy’ link below, you will be taken to the Official SearchForSight – CDBaby page.
