How Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” Helped Wake Him from a Coma and Change His Life

Coming up, the harrowing details behind a near fatal car crash that put one of the great musical Genius Stevie Wonder in a coma for 4 days. He had just come off Talking Book the #1 album that gave him grammys and hits including You are the Sunshine of My Life and his cousin smacked into a flatbed truck in front of them and Stevie was stuck in the head and bleeding. He was rushed to a hospital and was near death for days. When his cousin came to see him he began to sing his latest song Higher Ground softly to him and Stevie woke up. He was afraid he’d lost his musical abilities since he could no longer taste or smell but days later he mustered enough to try his clarinet and he could still jam. Stevie felt that the accident was his destiny and felt he was given a second chance at life and Higher Ground was the perfect omen for that. He would then release several historic albums including Songs in the Key of Life and fulfillingness first finale and embrace the future. We also include an interview with rock hall of famer who witnessed it first hand when Little Stevie Wonder came to Motown. He had just written his first song at the age of 10!

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