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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.
Entries Beginning with T
Teddy Pendergrass: Paraplegia
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
Terry Kelly: Blindness
The Canadian singer was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at the age of 1, which cost him his eyesight.
harderman61
Tom Harrell: Schizophrenia
This honored jazz trumpeter has auditory hallucinations, but not when he performs.
Raphael
Tony Bennett: Alzheimer's disease
He got diagnosed in 2016, so it must be rough on his family. I know how dealing with a family member with dementia is because my grandma is currently living with it.
dayna
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
Tony Melendez: No Hands
Latinamerican Guy Who Managed To Play The Guitar With His Feeth
The Un4Given 23
Tuomas Holopainen: Depression
When Tarja Turunen was released from Nightwish, the Finnish tabloids repeatedly printed slanderous stories about the band, therefore making Tuomas’ depressive moments even worse. This period of darkness was the inspiration for Nightwish’s 2007 album “Dark Passion Play” with newly-recruited lead singer Anette Olzon.
Garrison
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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