Blind Guitarists
Like several other artists on this list his recording career straddled the pre electrofied ear and the electrofied era.
Blind guitarists. Jimi hendrix jimi hendrix born november 27 1942 september 18 1970 was an american rock guitarist singer and songwriter. Arthel lane doc watson march 3 1923 may 29 2012 was an american guitarist songwriter and singer of bluegrass folk country blues and gospel music. A fellow blind guitarist.
On march 2 2008 healey died. Russel hall 06 02 09 the number of sightless guitarists who helped forge the american blues tradition is extraordinary. He is the best electric guitarist in history.
Here you ll find transcriptions of songs in the original key by some of my favourite songwriters. The blind guitarist 1778. It depicts an old blind haggard man with threadbare clothing weakly hunched over his guitar playing in the streets of barcelona spain.
Bogus ben covington was known for pretending to be blind. A list of extraordinary guitarists who were born blind or lost their eyesight later in life. Goya depicts the emotions from interest.
Featured below are six guitarists three of whom helped pioneer the blues who rose above their blindness to make great music. The figure of the blind country bluesman became so iconic that when eddie lang a sighted jazz guitarist wanted to choose a black pseudonym for purposes of recording blues records with lonnie johnson he naturally settled on blind willie dunn. Blind boy fulle during his brief but prolific recording career which extended from 1935 to 1941.
The old guitarist is an oil painting by pablo picasso created late 1903 early 1904. At age nine while living in chicago he lost his sight. If so friend this website is dedicated to you.
Blind john davis 1913 1985 blind video blind john davis summertime he was a black blues jazz boogie woogie piano player and singer.
