Tony DeBlois
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Tony DeBlois is a US blind autistic savant and musician.
Tony DeBlois was born blind. He began to play piano at the age of two. At first DeBlois studied in the Perkins School for the Blind but in 1989 was awarded a summer scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Later he was admitted as a full time student and graduated 1996.
DeBlois specializes in jazz but can play just about any other type of music as well. A savant, he plays 20 musical instruments and has held concerts worldwide but also has his own band, Goodnuf. He can play about 8000 songs from memory.
[edit] References
- Treffert, Darold. Tony DeBlois - A Prodigious Musical Savant. Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- Purday, Keven (review) (May 22, 2007). Some Kind of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony DeBlois (2005) by Janice DeBlois and Antonia Felix. Metapsychology Online Reviews, Volume: 11, Number: 21. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
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