Blind Music Artists
The idea of homer the blind poet for example has had a long existence in western tradition even though its basis in truth is uncertain the legendary 6th century breton druid and bard kian gwenc hlan is depicted as being imprisoned after having his.
Blind music artists. Asthmatic kenneth gorelick is a grammy award winning saxophonist once rejected from the university of washington music program. Her first recording count you blessings is an autobiographical song meant to inspire others with disabilities. Charles has been featured on rolling stone s list of 100 greatest artists of all time.
But blind musical legends are far rarer and they generally prove an amazing source of inspiration for the rest of us. She is promoted as the first blind female rap artist. Blind musicians seem to be generally blues and jazz musicians so country singer ronnie milsap is a bit of an oddity.
She hails from minnesota. Seven time grammy award winning music artist doc watson was a flatpicking genius on the guitar. She can sing and now the real challenge is to get people to hear her and to listen.
Pages in category blind musicians the following 200 pages are in this category out of approximately 250 total. By age seven he was completely blind. Today he could buy the university of washington.
This list may not reflect recent changes previous page. He was born in robbinsville north carolina with a congenital disorder that left him almost completely blind at birth. One of the most famous blind piano player nobuyuk tsujii carried a talent of music by birth.
The image of the blind musician is an important touchstone in many cultures even where the influence of the blind on music has been limited. He was blind by birth but had a great sense of music and this his mother realized when he was only 2 years old. After losing her sight at age 19 ant walker turned to music.
At that young age he began to play do re mi on a toy piano and later as he reached 4 years he could impressively play jingle bells over piano. His music took off in the early 1960s when folk music began to resurge. Blind in one eye since early childhood watson soon became a musical talent with stringed instruments especially guitar.
This disability did not stop him from progressing in the music business.
