Clay Cotton made his living at the piano from the 1960s to the 1990s. After contracting MS, he switched to mastering a whole other keyboard.
by Rebecca Kellogg
Clay Cotton was an in-demand piano man. At the height of his musical career, he played as a talented side man for musicians including Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, and B.B. King.
That all changed after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Eventually his hands could no longer play the notes that had earned him his livelihood and he was forced to find another line of work. He and his wife, both early adopters of the Internet, have supported themselves entirely as online marketers since 1996.
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