Even ALS can't keep guitarist from making music

[Swede]

When he found out he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) over a decade ago, Yasuhiko Funago was sad to learn he would eventually have to give up playing guitar.

But in August, he was making music again--although only three-chord songs.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201009240212.html

[aquart]

1. Good for him. It's a terrifying diagnosis.

[charlie]

2. Oh gawd

It's Jason Becker redux, stricken on the cusp of his ascent as a world-renowned virtuoso. I'm a guitar player, this pierces me at my core.

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