Event set for Wills Point musician Andie Kay
blacktopGYPSY lead singer battles rare disorder
Family, friends and fans are gathering from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 in Ben Wheeler to help an East Texas musical icon in her hour of need. The event, dubbed “Make Andie Kay OK,” is open to the public, with proceeds going to benefit Wills Point’s Andie Kay Joyner, lead singer for the popular Texas country outfit, blacktopGYPSY.
The event is to offset Joyner’s medical expenses since the singer has not been able to ply her craft in many months.
Joyner suffers from a rare blood disorder called hemochromatosis, which led to a recent discovery of irreversible damage to her heart. Hemochromatosis is a genetic iron overload disease that causes the body to store too much iron. Over time, the excess iron caused damage to Joyner’s vital organs.
On Sept. 6, she underwent an 18-hour procedure at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas that included a heart and liver transplant. She has been hospitalized since early spring, first at Parkland before transferring to UT Southwestern. Her road to recovery is long, but she is progressing well.
