Homeless Ex-Marine Will Take Your Breath Away Playing Piano in the Streets

a homeless man with the scruffy beard and long scraggly hair he looks like a lost soul but check this out he has magic fingers his talent is breathtaking this video was first posted on Facebook just two days ago it is captivating the nation with more than 2 million views incredible with one posting just beautiful and such talent it's a shame he is homeless he's playing the piano on a public sidewalk anyone can sit down and play it's part of an arts project in Sarasota Florida but no one expected this pedestrians are taken aback this video shows him performing for a father and his young son it's reminding many people of Ted Williams the man with the golden voice found homeless on the streets of Cleveland in 2011 we'll be back with more right after these words he became a national sensation and made real money doing voice overs on Inside Edition so who is this homeless maestro his name is Donald Gould and we caught up with him today he can't believe he's become an overnight sensation I just like to make a few tips and make people happy Gould story is heartbreaking he's 51 and a former US Marine he says he struggled with drugs his wife died in 1998 and he's been living on the streets for more than 10 years he says he has an 18 year-old son whom he hasn't seen since he was just a small child I always loved him I never been a day when I thought about him I loved him and I hope he comes to track me down because I'm always gonna love him he's my boy meantime he plays the piano for a world that now realizes you can discover stunning talent and people you'd never expect you

Channel: Inside Edition

Views: 18,787,343

Rating: 4.9205108 out of 5

Keywords: piano, Ex-Marine, inside_edition, music

Id: bVA8e48zrfo

Length: 2min 21sec (141 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 01 2015