Even people from other religious faiths can be moved by the words and music ... So I sang ‘Amazing Grace’ because I knew that everybody would know a little bit of the song.

But at the Nashville ceremony that ushered him into the Country Music Hall of Fame, he held the audience in his palm with one brief, ragged verse of “Amazing Grace.” It was a heroic gift of ...

he burst out in song. It turned out the music didn’t only positively impact his family. Over half a million views later, the bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace was a beacon for the community.