In late July historic floods took lives, demolished homes and destroyed bridges in several counties in eastern Kentucky. One organization started a flood instrument relief project in hopes of bringing music and joy back to the region.
Some volunteers have refurbished hundreds of musical instruments that will be handed out for free to people in eastern Kentucky whose instruments were lost or damaged in the floods.
In the basement of a Richmond, Ky music store, Raymond McLain of the McLain Family band is cleaning, restringing, and testing a mandolin.
