Singing the Blues: The Legendary Henry Butler on Art and Ability

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The Takeaway talks with legendary bluesman Henry Butler. Butler has been blind since birth but that hasn’t stopped him from playing to packed houses or from taking up a new craft: photography. Also joining the conversation on art and ability is Charlie Washburn, the Executive Director of VSA Arts of Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to including everyone in the arts.

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