

RAY CHARLES BLIND SKIN
They persevered against both their handicap and prejudice against their skin color. They include names like Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Arizona Dranes, Art Tatum, and Marcus Roberts. It was at that state school where he was taught to read Braille, play Chopin, write arrangements, learn piano and clarinet, start to sing, and discover sex. This extraordinary young man is one of a remarkable number of musicians in American history who share the three B’s black, blind and brilliant. The further fact that Ray fails to include a single scene from his extraordinary educational experience is another grievous oversight. It happened when Ray was 15, living at a school for the blind 160 miles from home. I was sure-enough going crazy.” That the film fails to dramatize the scene-we learn of Aretha’s death in a quick aside from Ray to his wife-to-be-misses the crucial heartbreak of his early life. For days I couldn’t talk, think, sleep or eat. “It’s the death of my mother Aretha,” he told me, “that had me reeling. George’s death was certainly traumatic for the young Ray, yet the only time Ray suffered what he termed a nervous breakdown had neither to do with the drowning nor the loss of his sight a year later. Is that because he was blind Ray Charles was blind. Charles was credited with the early development of soul music, a style based on a melding of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music. by Lisa Carter 0 In almost every photo you see of Ray Charles at the piano, he is wearing dark sunglasses. Once the guilt is lifted, the adult Ray is not only free from his heroin habit but is liberated-in a treacly flashback-from his emotional turmoil. Ray Charles, original name Ray Charles Robinson, (born September 23, 1930, Albany, Georgia, U.S.died June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, California), American pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader, a leading entertainer billed as the Genius. The film insists that the guilt Ray felt for failing to rescue George is responsible for the dark side of his soul.

However, there are many famous blind musicians who have achieved an incredible amount of success in spite of being visually impaired.

RAY CHARLES BLIND FULL
At age 5, Ray helplessly watched his younger brother, George, drown. Home Learn 15 Famous Blind Musicians You Should Know By Dan Farrant Last updated 31st August 2022 Blindness is often seen as a disability that prevents one from achieving their full potential. By the age of seven Ray was fully blind, his mother tried to help him to walk around without running. Ray tries to explain Ray’s blues-the angst in his heart-in heavy-handed Freudian terms. A few months after Georges death Ray started going blind. Born Ray Charles Robinson on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia, he was raised in Greenville, Florida, and started playing the piano before he was five.
