Earlier this year, the great power-pop veteran Matthew Sweet suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour in Toronto. Sweet had to be flown back to the US in an ambulance transport plane and brought to a rehab center,

"I will try to make music. I will try to. I will try to make art," Sweet shared on a GoFundMe campaign to cover his medical expenses.

Matthew Sweet, a 90s rock n’ roll lend and a singer/songwriter whose musical talents have been best expressed not only through passion for the guitar — but through his inherent sense of humor — suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour in Toronto, Canada in October.

Matthew Sweet ‘may never play guitar again’ after suffering a stroke during the early days of his tour in Toronto, Canada.

What is mankind doing? To not make these things available as part of our culture everywhere,” musician wrote of financial costs following his stroke

"It's hard to start here without saying how touched and humbled I am by the success of my GoFundMe page," he wrote after a few opening sentences viscerally reflecting on what he remembers from when he had the stroke. "My future would be gone without it. I stand a chance it is as simple as that."