Rex Hospital employee soothes patients with music

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>>> EVERY FRIDAY, BILL LESLIE

BRINGS YOU STORIES OF GOOD

PEOPLE DOING GOOD THINGS.

TONIGHT HE INTRODUCES US TO A

MUSICIAN WITH A HEALING TOUCH.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT TIME YOU

VISIT REX HOSPITAL, YOU MAY

HEAR HIM IN THE ELEVATOR OR

DOWN SOME HOSPITAL HALL, BUT

WHERE EUGENE TAYLOR REALLY

WORKS HIS MUSICAL MAGIC IS IN A

PATIENT'S ROOM.

>> THAT'S ONE YOU CAN'T GET IN

THE HOSPITAL BUT I'M FORTUNATE.

>> Reporter: AND SO ARE THE

NURSES WORKING WITH THIS

VETERAN PATIENT TRANSPORTER WHO

VOLUNTEERS ON HIS LUNCH HOUR AS

A SOOTHING MUSICIAN.

>> I LOVE THIS GUY.

HE PUTS A VIBE UP HERE.

HE CAN MAKE IT SO CHILL WHEN

IT'S SO HECTIC.

>> Reporter: IT'S KIND OF

CHEERFUL, ISN'T IT.

>> THAT'S WHY THEY CALL ME

EUGENE TAYLOR, THE MAN WHOSE

HAPPINESS IS CONTAGIOUS.

>> HAVE YOU HEARD THE ANDY

GRIFFITH WHISTLE, THAT'S ONE OF

MY FAVORITES GO FOR IT.

>> Reporter: EUGENE IS SAID TO

BE QUITE POPULAR WITH THE

BIRDS, NESTING ON HOSPITAL

GROUNDS.

[ WHISTLING ]

>> I DON'T SPEAK BUT ONE

LANGUAGE BUT WHEN I PLAY THIS

DRUM, IT REACHES AND TOUCHES

ALL WALKS OF LIFE, IT'S HINGED

TO GIVING AND UNDERSTANDING AND

TENDS TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH

PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: TOUCHING THEM WITH

A THERAPEUTIC, ORGANIC AND

HEALING MESSAGE.

>> YOU'RE GOING HOME TODAY,

RIGHT.

>> I AM GOING HOME TODAY.

>> COME ON.

TAKE CARE.

>> Reporter: WITH GOOD THINGS,

I'M BILL LESLIE, WRAL NEWS,

RALEIGH.

>> CAN YOU WHISTLE LIKE THAT.

>> NO, I THINK WE HAVE SOME

BIRDS COLLECTED BEHIND US IN

THE NEWSROOM.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

AND THE ANDY GRIFFITH THEME,

THAT'S JUST GREAT.

EUGENE SAYS HE NEVER KNOWS

EXACTLY WHAT HE WILL SING WHEN

HE ENTERS ROOMS, BUT TRIES TO

GIVE SOMETHING TAYLOR MADE FOR

THE SITUATION.