Brandon Bout is a junior at McCallie School and doesn’t let cystic fibrosis affect his ability to play the saxophone for the school’s band.IF YOU GOWhat: 3 Blind Wines benefiting Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.When: 6-9 p.m. today.Where: The Mill, 1601 Gulf St.Admission: $60 per team of one or two (21 and older), plus three bottles of same-label wine.Phone: 615-255-1167.
Brandon Bout, 17, plays piano, guitar and tenor saxophone. He is on the junior varsity tennis team at McCallie School.
His friends, he said, call him The Music Snob, because of a preference for what he called “obscure bands,” including Yes and King Crimson.
Every morning, Brandon wakes up at 5:15 to have breathing treatments before school because of his cystic fibrosis. He wears a vest, similar in look to life vests worn on boats, attached to a machine that massages his chest and improves his airflow.
“He’s very diligent,” Cheri Bout said of her son.