Blues names

Before the onset of Political Correctness, many infirmities added considerable blues credibility to singers' names - particularly blindness as in Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller.

There are no dyslexics in Blues folklore – that's because the great blues singers couldn't read sufficiently well to even make it to the foothills of dyslexia. This is a fact of life, not a slur – Muddy Waters was a truly great artist but couldn't read.

Political correctness has now killed off infirmities or physical handicaps as handles for blues names. Blind Lemon Jefferson would be Visually Impaired Jefferson nowadays. Peg Leg Howell may just about get away with "Prosthetic Pete" but don't hold your breath.

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