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From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
Subject | Re: Black Sabbath w/out Ozzy |
Date | Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:49:17 -0500 |
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Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
Tony Iommi's favorite baseball player of all time is former Cubs pitcher
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.
Mike Bennett
>From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
> > Is there any truth to the myth that Iommi only has three fingers?
> >
> No. But he is missing the tips of the fingers on his right hand; he
>lost them in an accident at the sheet metal factory where he worked when he
>was nineteen and the group that would eventually morph into Black Sabbath
>was still in its infancy. He has always used slackened strings on his
>Gibson
>SG to make it more comfortable for him to play with his maimed fingers, and
>that has a lot to do with producing his distinctive sound.
>
>
> Gregory Sager
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