Music Trivia -> Performers with Handicaps -> E

Handicaps? Hardly, more like handicapable. These performers still make great music even if they are missing one of the senses or a body part.

Elton John: Throat surgery
He had surgery done to remove potentially cancerous nodules from his vocal cords while on tour in Jan 1987. The cause was a bit unclear, but either way, his vocal range changed from tenor to baritone, meaning his vocal range lowered.
Rocky Mak
Eminem: Sleeping Medication Addiction
I won't mention other drugs and depression because those were almost granted given his troubled upbringing, but what was interesting was that according to hte late DJ Proof, in 2005 after he sobered up from drug and alcohol dependence, he became addicted to sleeping pills Zolpidem, which caused him to cancel the European leg of "Anger Management Tour".
Rocky Mak
Evelyn Glennie: Profound Deafness
Talented musician whose been deaf since age 12.
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