Poignant Single Penned For His Mother Who Suffers
With Early Onset Alzheimer’s Captured at Dubuque County Fair;
Song Proceeds Benefit Abe’s Garden of Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN – Emerging Nashville artist Jay Allen is gaining attention for his song that he wrote for his mother, called “Blank Stares,” from a heartfelt moment captured on video at a recent show. During his performance in his home state at Dubuque County Fair (July 27th), the singer-songwriter serenaded his mother with “Blank Stares” while she was tightly holding onto him. Attending fan Lori Richard-Dittme was in the crowd to capture the emotional performance which she posted to Facebook where it’s racked up over 1.1 million views in a little more than a week. Featured on ABC Nightly News, Allen is very happy to draw attention to help battle the disease with this song and video.
“God gifted me with a voice and the ability to write songs, and I feel He gave me an opportunity through that to not only help my momma, but to use “Blank Stares” as a tool to fight against Alzheimer’s,” he told ABC News. “This video going viral is proof that we have the ability to take something bad and turn it into something good. Please continue to like and share. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.”
All proceeds from the song itself will forever benefit Abe’s Garden, a memory care center in Nashville selected by Allen himself.
Crediting his mother as the first to introduce him to Country music, Allen’s early influences include Brooks & Dunn, John Michael Montgomery, and George Strait among others. She also encouraged him to make the move to Nashville from rural Iowa five years ago to pursue his dream of songwriting.
Allen, who debuted “Blank Stares” earlier this year with Sirius XM’s The Highway, is currently on the road throughout the summer and working on new music.
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