i'm reading a biography of ray charles by michael lydon. [- (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) - ]

ray surmounted incredible difficulties to become successful.

what a man!

book heartily recommended on basis of what i've read so far - i'm half-way thru.

wonder what happened to piers bishop, the boy star in ray's movie?!

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speaking of blindness :

there's a child in a blind-themed opera coming to london next month - june 2006

don't know whether he (or she) appears on stage.

...Les Aveugles is the devastating and poetic tale of a group of blind people, who slowly come to terms with the loss of their sighted guide and try to understand the words of a sighted child who tries to explain that help is not at hand...

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