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Blind Lemon Jefferson, Willie McTell, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Blind Willie Johnson (his 'Dark was the Night' is on the voyager golden disc).

In the South before civil rights a black who was born, or became, blind often had no way to support himself except by turning to music.

This is why so many of the pioneers of the blues were blind.

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