Teen channels guitar heroes, rocks national anthem

Famous musicians of past and present have played Madison Square Garden, and, thanks to the Garden of Dreams Foundation, perhaps a future one took center stage on Tuesday.

Paul Deandre Manning, a 17-year-old guitarist from Brooklyn, N.Y. performed his take on the national anthem before just before the Rangers took on the Carolina Hurricanes.
Manning, playing the

ahead of the Garden of Dreams Talent Show back in April, crushed it.
Before getting help from Garden of Dreams, the talented Manning learned to play some of his favorite songs by ear and made his first guitar out of paper and tape. His influences include the late guitarists Jimi Hendrix, and Dimebag Darrell of Pantera.
Manning wasn't the only special guest on hand. Bryce Rogerson, 11, was named the Rangers honorary coach for the evening. Rogerson was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital heart defect that affects blood flow through the heart, at birth. At 10 days old Rogerson underwent the first of his three open-heart surgeries, and developed into a Rangers fan while waiting for a transplant.

He received a transplant in 2014, but is unable to play sports because of the condition. He is the manager of his school's football team.

The
Garden of Dreams Foundation
is a non-profit organization that works with Madison Square Garden to positively impact the lives of children facing difficult obstacles. It was founded in 2006.