Heard via the late great Pat OBrien Paul O’Dette couldn’t bend that finger down by itself. Though I think Pat said in my case the fault was in my head, not in the stars.
Dick Brook > On Mar 4, 2019, at 6:58 PM, Alain Veylit <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good one Rainer - Anybody remembers the title of that American series from > the 60s-70s where aliens live among us in disguise, and the only sure way to > identify them is that they cannot bend their little finger? > > Worth mentioning also about right-hand technique, Jimmy Hendrix playing with > his teeth - frustrated leftie, you think? > > > > On 3/4/19 12:19 PM, Rainer wrote: >> On 04.03.2019 17:11, Alain Veylit wrote: >>> And then, there is Django Reinhardt... one big exception to the rules of >>> guitar playing. Experimenting with various techniques has probably always >>> been a popular habit among musicians, whether by choice or force. >>> >> >> And Aguado used the 4th finger of the right hand. Perhaps he was an alien :) >> >> Rainer >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
