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Norman Jeffrey Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) [1] was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. He reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with " Angel Eyes " and reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can ...
Bryan Lee (March 16, 1943 – August 21, 2020) [1] [2] was an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also known by the nickname 'Braille Blues Daddy' and was a fixture on Bourbon Street since the 1980s.
Theodore Roosevelt Darby, better known as Blind Teddy Darby (March 2, 1906 – December 1975), was an American blues singer and guitarist. [1] Darby was born in Henderson, Kentucky. He moved to St. Louis with his family when he was a child. [1] His mother taught him to play the guitar. He served some time for selling moonshine.
However, blind black musicians are still most strongly associated with the country blues. 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 .
Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945), commonly known as Blind Willie Johnson, was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930, thirty songs in all, display a combination of powerful chest voice singing, slide guitar skills and originality that has influenced generations of musicians.
Gary D. Davis (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), [1]: 285–6 known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica.
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was an American Piedmont blues and ragtime singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played in a fluid, syncopated finger picking guitar style common among many East Coast, Piedmont blues players.
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. [1] He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.