From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #303 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, September 2 2014 Volume 19 : Number 303 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Guitar tuition [MICHAEL GODWIN ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:02:37 +0100 From: MICHAEL GODWIN Subject: Guitar tuition On Aug 30, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Nectar At Any Cost! wrote: > In the interview, he tells that he took guitar lessons from a guy who'd had > his fingers mangled in an industrial accident. He doesn't explicitly say > that it was Tony Iommi, but...the geography and timing are at least > approximately correct. And just how common was it at the time for > professional guitarists to have had their fingers mangled in industrial > accidents? > > Anybody -- Nick, Godders -- happen to know whether or not it was Tony Iommi > learnt Robyn to play guitar? My first reaction is that it is very unlikely. RH surely started to learn from a finger-picker in the Jansch - Renbourn - Davy Graham - Martin Carthy style, and having only seen Tony Iommi once, I would classify him as a plectrum rock player. - - Mike G ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #303 ********************************