I was about 8 or 9 when I saw him on TV that night, it was watching Jose that got me trying to play with my eyes closed. That is true for any instrument I've tried to play since. When your mind can trust your body(hands) to do what they need to with out ever having to question if they will. They are one, allowing other things to flow because doubt has been removed.

My wife can tell if my eyes are closed when I am in the room practicing. But then we've been married for just over 34 years now. She has logged a lot of hours listening to me.

She got to hear us play a school dance not long before the band broke up.