Our close friend, Brent Elrod, celebrated his 45th birthday on February 4th. Just nine days later, on February 13, he suddenly became critically ill. After an emergency hospital admission days later, time in the ICU, and extensive testing, Brent was diagnosed with aggressive Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and has been in the hospital ever since. He and his wife are currently medically uninsured, and the bills are piling up fast.

Brent has been part of the Dallas music and art community for decades. His talents include being a musician, songwriter, photographer, live audio engineer, and has been setting the stages for over 20 years. He is an amazing husband to his wife, Kacy, for over 17 years, a son, a brother, an uncle, and a man that anybody would be lucky enough to call a friend, which we have both been able to do for over 25 years.

When I think of Brent, I think of the Guy Clark song, The Stuff That Works. The lines read…

“I got a pretty good friend who’s seen me at my worst. He can’t tell if I’m a blessing or a curse. But he always shows up when the chips are down and done, that’s the kind of stuff I like to be around.

The stuff that works, the stuff that holds up, the kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wall, stuff that’s real, stuff you feel, the kind of stuff you reach for when you fall.”

Well, obviously Brent and Kacy have fallen on hard times and the chips are down, so we are raising funds to help Brent fight cancer and manage overwhelming medical expenses with as little worry and stress as possible.

Brent is one of the most generous people we know. He has recorded live performances and taken hundreds of photos of musicians, who he has often given to the artists for free simply because he loves supporting the community and the arts. Now it's time to give back. We ask for donations in this urgent time of need to help him and his family stay focused on his recovery.

-His friends Chris Derow, Tony and Amanda Maldonado