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Re: Blind Tom
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Larry Blaine <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:34:17 -0400
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Walter Meyer asks about "Blind Tom"

>Has anybody else heard of him? Is he genuine? Is this a hoax? (He is
>referred to by some as an idiot savant.) Have only I not heard of him
>before?

There is a brief summary of his career in H.C. Schonberg's book The Great
Pianists. Schonberg thinks he was more idiot than savant.

Larry Blaine

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