Music Trivia -> Performers with Handicaps -> T
Handicaps? Hardly, more like handicapable. These performers still make great music even if they are missing one of the senses or a body part.
Teddy Pendergrass: Paraplegic
Had a successful career as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist, but was involved in an auto accident that left him paralyzed, but managed to continue his career.
crazydon
Tom Harrell: Schizophrenia
This honored jazz trumpeter has auditory hallucinations, but not when he performs.
Raphael
Tony Ioami: Finger tips cut off
Tony Ioamy uses finger tip entensions on his fret board had when playing.
Wade Brock
Tony Iommi: Missing fingers
Lost the tips of some of his fingers in an accident as a teen, and still managed to become one of the most skilled guitarists in the world.
TurmionLilja
Turlough O'Carolan: Blindness
The celebrated Irish harpist and composer during the Baroque period went blind at a young age, which led to his abandonment of training to be a blacksmith and his entry into the world of music. He also never transcribed his compositions.
Raphael
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