Drummer Billy Canty was 17 years old when a music producer in Ft. Myers, Fla. discovered him. Billy Canty was soon making a living out of drumming by recording for various bands and teaching drum clinics.



Billy belonged to a variety of different bands in Florida with gigs almost nightly and kept himself busy during the day by writing music and helping area high school drumlines with their routines.



In August of 2005, Billy Canty was drumming with his band at a Florida bar. Right after they finished playing the last song a fight broke out between the band’s lead singer and two men in the crowd. Billy Canty jumped up to try to break up the fight, and as a result, was hit on the back of the head and pushed down a flight of stairs.



Due to the excessive force of Billy’s head injury, he suffered extensive brain damage and had to be re-taught all of the things he had spent his life learning



In the midst of his recovery, Billy got on his computer and came across videos he had made of himself drumming before the incident. Suddenly something clicked and he realized that this is something he could do. And now Billy Canty drums again.