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1. This leftie (would that make him a leftist?) was born in November of 1942 in the Pacific Northwest. As a young teenager he found a ukulele - his first instrument - while working for his father. When he was a little older he was caught riding in stolen vehicles and was given the choice between going to prison or joining the army. He chose the army. After being honorably discharged from the Army he started to play electric guitar in various soul and R&B bands including Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett and Jackie Wilson. He started recording in 1964 and in 1965 appeared on television in Nashville for the first time. In 1966 he moved to New York and formed his own band. His career began in earnest on September 24, 1966. He then moved to Europe where he became world famous, threw up and died. What was the name of this leftie?
2. This left handed god of doom pretty much started what we now call Heavy Metal (even if the correct term for what his band did back then would have been "Hard Rock". This band is (nowadays) as much known for their singer as they are for this man's signature sound. They were once labeled as a satanic rock band. They are a world famous band that originated in Birmingham, England in the late sixties. When they first appeared on the scene they sounded like NOBODY else, and that is in large part due to this guitar player who lost the tips of some of his fingers in an accident and had his father make him metallic fingertips so he would still be able to play guitar and boy did that ever pay off! Who is this, literally, 'more metal than you'll ever be' guitarist?
3. Continuing on the theme about lefties that are 'digitally challenged', let's talk about this guy: known for his deep love of black t shirts, playing Bob Dylan covers and prodigious use of cocaine, this non-right handed guitar player did NOT have a false fingertip for his partial finger, which was basically not able to be used whilst playing. It begs the question: did he ever get (or use) a four finger discount? Which San Franciscan am I going on about here?
4. This famous man played his guitar left handed and upside down. He was of Lebanese and Polish descent and his birthname was Richard Anthony Monsour. He could also play piano, ukulele, trumpet. His family moved to El Segundo in California in 1964. Here he started playing in Country & Western bars, employing non-western scales and was highly partial to using a reverb effect on his guitar. He was also known for favoring heavy gauge guitar strings. MOST of his songs and hits were instrumentals. When he played live his audience was so noisy that he always turned his amplifiers as high as they would go (so he could drown out their noise). It is because of this man that Leo Fender invented the JBL D130F model Single Showman Amp. He has been called "The Father Of Heavy Metal". He gained a whole new audience when one of his best known hits was prominently featured in an extremely famous and influential movie in the nineties. It is very difficult to give you more clues without making this one too easy. He died not too long ago and with that act he sadly ceased playing live. What name is this leftie known under?
5. Alreety alrighty... now for a change of pace we're gonna pick on the drummers with limbic difficulties. This man is world famous. As anybody can tell you drum manufacturers do not manufacture a "Left Handed Drumkit". Which could possibly make it difficult for aspiring left handed youth to decide "I wanna be a drummer, man". Or trumpet player for that matter. BUT with a smidgen of imagination it CAN be done. Just ask this guy. He stared playing in Great Britain a really long time ago. He played with a number of local bands when some guys who needed somebody new to slap the skins decided to give him a try out, as their current drummer was too pretty or something like that. After this man joined their rise to fame became unstoppable and they ruled the decade. He eventually married an actress (Don't they all? Hey: at least give him credit for not marrying a model. Surely for the conversation...). One of the members of his band died by gun and now he is more known for touring and singing than drumming. Oh yeah: he's left handed. What is his moniker?
6. Whaddaya call somebody who likes to hang out with musicians? A bass player! And in the spirit of that query now I'm gonna pick on them. This successful left handed plucker of strings is known for hanging out with vegetarians, people missing limbs (don't go do a tango with them there!) and playing one of the ugliest electric bass guitars ever designed. He once played for a massively popular band, left them, did some solo work and then became wildly successful again with his own band. And then he went solo again. Apparently no one band can have room enough for this man's talents. Many of his solo albums feature him playing every instrument on the records. To kinda paraphrase the name of one of his old band's early foreign singles: "Wer Ist Er?"
7. Back to the "poverty box". Some players are just plain royalty by name or association. This man has a preference for calling his guitars "Lucy". This is another left handed man who learned guitar simply by turning his right handed guitar upside down! He built his first guitar. He is known for playing a very specific brand of guitar, the Gibson Flying V. He once played a show with a symphony orchestra. Eventually he died (I should mention that he did so sadly, shouldn't I?). He was a VERY influential player. Who is it?
8. This tummy toucher (verified as being one via an early video) of renown is one of the great tambourine players. Some might say he's the Jeff Beck of tambourine players (ESPECIALLY left handed tambourine players!) and they would not be lyin'! He does things with the tambourine that people like Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar (which is ironic as he is mainly a guitar player and great singer). I cannot verify if he ever set his tambourine on fire but, he should've! It's been said he's a bit of a leech and he once was a mother. He was once in a massively popular hit making machine that put out many an amazing record. Shake a tailfeather and gimme his name.
9. This player of the mouth organ was once a very influential band leader of great talent. He played at least one gigantic '60s music festival. He issued a bunch of records before he died quite a while back. He started out as a classical flautist before turning to the harmonica. As with many great musicians he one day decided to go die of a heroin overdose. Which was a tragic idiot move to make as this guy was actually really talented and had a great knack for discovering good players and giving them their first widespread exposure. This man was actually a highly respected harmonica player. Blow your harmonica son and tell me who he be?
10. This man was truly one of my idols. While some might argue his musical importance in the grand scheme of things, to me the man is truly a giant. Some people would have called his primary job as being a comedian. He himself much preferred to be looked at as an entertainer. His first widespread exposure as a bongo/conga player was on the TV show "Saturday Night Live", a show which gave many a musician their first widespread exposure. He was known for trying his (left) hand at many things. He died of lung cancer in 1984 - or did he?
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