Karla Clifton

Jul 4, 2021

3 min read

Review #127: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles

#127: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles

A humiliating admission: I kind of knew that Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder were blind when I started out on this project, but I wasn’t actually sure.

Well, now I’m sure. Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder were/are both blind. For more musicians you might not have known…

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