Shhh! Listen. Little Casey Hicks (age 14) is at the front of Bill Tom Wayne's (mixed grade) Health class. Mr. Wayne decided if Casey won't do his class work, he'd put his guitar to work. "What are you going to play?" One of his classmates shouted."Can you play "House of the Rising Sun?" The teacher asked. "No," he replied, "Im going to play the entire "Nirvana Unplugged" album, and he did. He got an "A" for the day as well.
From the beginning Casey was an inspired and inspiring person. At school during lunch you could find tables full of nasel cavity passed milk, laghter and insane comical relief from Casey's inability to use his brain. You could bet if Casey was acting up that someone was watching him. At the same time, Casey could turn his non-sense into laghter from his small town friends who somtimes only had his friendship to lean on.
"It's hard coming from a place that if you're not a farmer or politican, a cheerleader or a football player then you are nothing." Casey said. As he got older and