Current Mood: happy

Like it was yesterday, I can remember watching Kevin Skinner’s audition performance on America’s Got Talent. He comes out dressed in one of those hideous baja jacket things and a ball cap. He tells the judges he was a chicken catcher and that he’s not real good at math. You can see by the way they look at him that in their minds he’s already going to fail. And then he sings.

By the end of the song I was sobbing. I was absolutely captivated and he was singing a song that would normally prompt me to change the radio station. Right then and there I knew that this man’s life was going to change for the better.

The country boy from Mayfield, Kentucky ended up winning America’s Got Talent that season and I’m sure that things have been much different for him since. Earlier today, CMT tweeted announcing Kevin’s new music video for “Like It’s the Last Goodbye”.

It warms my heart to see good things happen to good deserving people and this is no exception. I hope he goes far. I plan on buying his album and supporting him. A story like this goes to show you that you should never ever judge a book by its cover. Ever.