Jazz Guitarist Jeff Golub Hopeful Despite Going Blind
October 27, 2011
The year 2011 has been a roller coaster ride for jazz and blues guitarist
Jeff Golub
. The release of his newest album came after the musician lost his eyesight
.
Golub rose to fame playing guitar with rock stars Rod Stewart and Billy Squier. As a bandleader, he has recorded nine solo albums and toured regularly across the globe. Keeping up a successful career and raising a family has always been a challenge. However, after after 30 years in the business, Golub faces his obstacle yet: blindness.
According to the guitarist, he was diagnosed with a collapse of the optic nerve, but was told his chances of going totally blind were low.
“I lost sight in my right eye and I thought, ‘OK, a lot of people get along without sight in one eye, I can deal with this.’ I wasn’t even telling people. I just wouldn’t see out of my right eye. And then, just in the beginning of July, the end of June, my left eye started to go," he says. "Then I realized I'd better start telling people about this because I’m going to start bumping into things. There isn’t any hiding the fact an more. The doctor said 10 -15 percent of people who have one eye optic nerve collapse will have the other eye follow suit. I thought I was luckier than that, but apparently not.”
Jeff Golub's "The Three Kings" CD
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