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A couple more examples are Oscar Peterson and Rashaan Roland Kirk.
by analog31 4y ago
A couple more examples are Oscar Peterson and Rashaan Roland Kirk.
- JJMcJ 4y agoJudith Durham, Australian singer and songwriter famous with The Seekers in the 1960s but active ever since, had a stroke. Afterwards she could still sing but had lost the ability to write songs.
- worker_person 4y agoAgraphia is an impairment or loss of a previous ability to write. I can read fine. I can type fine. Drawing is mostly fine. Physical writing is total gibberish. Think severe alzheimer level.
- JJMcJ 4y agoFor Judith Durham, I don't know if the problem is the physical writing of the songs, or the ability to compose a song. Sources aren't clear on that.
- AlbertCory 4y agoOscar had a stroke, which he didn't really recover from -- he just played mostly one-armed. I just saw this incredible video [1] last week about him and "the greatest solo ever recorded." [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj93v9j2A4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj93v9j2A4A
- jacquesm 4y agoGreat video. Note the signature on that guitar by the way (2:49).
- nereye 4y agoOne more: Edwyn Collins, from Wikipedia: In February 2005, Collins was hospitalised after two cerebral haemorrhages which resulted in aphasia, and he needed months to recover. He resumed his musical career in 2007. A documentary film on his recovery, The Possibilities Are Endless, was released in 2014.
- tclancy 4y agoWell Kirk was cheating because he could just play the other sax.