Donnie Allison

The story of Donnie's return to singing after his initial battle with cancer, and the inspiration for his latest song, "Fireflies".
Donnie passed away on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011, and will be missed by all who knew him. Read more about Donnie, his story, and his family in his obituary here: lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2...

[@eworldservices]

Heart wrenching but incredibly inspiring. Dr. Cordero is a wonderful doctor. He's my son's doctor and our experiences with him have been very good. May God Bless.

[@ralphsrec]

Very nice. A brave man.

[@OPG2711]

Watching this video brought tears to my eyes....Donnie was our next-door-neighbor growing up in Lubbock, and was always such a sweet and funny kid! I saw him several times when he was "all grown up," and playing with the Nelsons. Big sigh....BIG TEARS. SUCH a talent. And such a loss. To his son, his wife, his family....the Lubbock community, and actually, ALL of us. He was SOOOO precious. The world's definitely a little darker with the passing of Donnie Allison.

[@joeandsuz]

Wow. Thanks for telling this story, Matt. Very well done. Inspiring.

[@personashadowman3445]

I saw Mr. Allison perform 'Running Scared' at some venue in Lubbock in the early 1990s. It's a tough song to sing and a person needs great range and power to sing it. I'd seen Roy Orbison sing it live a couple of years prior. Mr. Allison absolutely nailed it. I was amazed! Chatted with him briefly and he was very warm and open. I can see why those who know him love him so much.

[@larrybratton1692]

Don and I were best friends when we were in the 6th grade. We attended Hardwick Elementary School and played the Eukulele together for fun. We used to watch those cheezy science fiction movies. My father was in the army and I had to leave Lubbock, but returned in 1981 to attend Texas Tech. We got together briefly, but found we didn't really have much in common anymore since he became a singer and I became a science geek, but will still miss him.

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Seek your joy. You can be as happy as you want to be.

[@OsitoTejano]

What a guy...

[@TheFaithfulsongbird]

May the good memories bring you comfort and the bad memories, the hard times strengthen you. May the God of all mercy grant you peace, and hold you in the palm of His Hand.

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

This is the Day the music died. Rave on Donnie.

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Where can we get a recording of " Fireflies " ? I know many people that would purchase this song. Please let us all know. Thanks

[@TheCointreaux]

Oh shit, Tom was his roommate back in the day. And I saw him as Jesus in a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar", back in the day, with a girl from our church choir as Mary Magalene, so I'm not really sure if he's not still around, even now. Are we really sure??