Blind Male Singer

Henry caldera sri lankan singer songwriter blind since age 14.

Blind male singer. Skilled with music and languages pena taught himself tuvan throat singing styles and even taught himself the tuvan language in order to travel to the country and compete in throat singing competitions. Kelvin tan wei lian. This is a list of the top blind and visually impaired american musicians of the electrofied era 1940 to the present. The first successful male country blues performer blind lemon jefferson was blind as were many other country bluesmen including blind willie mctell blind willie johnson sonny terry blind boy fuller blind blake and reverend gary davis.

Star track american blues legend johnny winter dies in switzerland at age 70 following performances in austria. After his o levels he worked as a massage therapist and a singer at a café. Blind musician paul pena is perhaps the most unique blind artist around. He and his brother edgar are among the elite blues guitarist of the 20th.

Blind james campbell american blues singer and guitarist. Pearly brown american gospel blues singer and guitarist known primarily as a street performer. While he was famous as a blues jazz folk and rock and roll artist his most interesting talent related to his tuvan throat singing. Since 1988 he has been in the blues foundation hall of fame.

Ray charles pianist and singer inducted to varied halls of fame. He studied at the singapore school for the visually handicapped and dunearn secondary school. Fanny crosby christian hymn writer. Just the best of the best male blind auditions from around the globe non usa.

At his 5 july performance filmed for pbs as american dream andrea bocelli s statue of liberty concert bocelli dedicated the encore sogno dream from his 1999 album sogno to the memory of his father. Although he is blind bocelli has enjoyed horseback riding for much of his life. He was born in robbinsville north carolina with a congenital disorder that left him almost completely blind at birth. Born with glaucoma pena did not completely lose his sight until the age of 20.

List of performers below. This disability did not stop him from progressing in the music business. However blind black musicians are still most strongly associated with the country blues. Born blind due to leber s congenital amaurosis which causes the retina to disintegrate tan grew up listening to 1980s mandopop ballads which inspired him to learn to play the piano and guitar.