How’s ‘bout some Black Sabbath.

[Grado]

 Maybe not the first heavy metal band, but pretty darn close.

Tony Iommi, the lead guitarist, was working in a sheet metal shop while trying to make it as a guitarist.

Tragically, he cut off the tips of his fingers
cutting metal on a power shear.  

The doctors told him, no way you are gonna make a living
playing lead guitar. That’s over.  Forget it. There is only skin covering bone on your fingertips.

After months of dispair, another musician told him of others, mainly black blues playing guys from way back, that had similar issues.  Heck, one of ‘em only had 3 fingers.

Inspired, he took an old leather jacket, and fashioned little, I dunno what you’d call them, booties maybe, that he would slip over the tips of his fingers.
Plus, and this is where it gets good, he detuned his guitar,
so it wasn’t strung as tight, making it just a bit easier to play.  

And created that early Black Sabbath sound.

Not bad for a guy that wasn’t supposed to be able to play.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo&pp=ygUIUGFyYW5vaWQ%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3pZjmS3rg&pp=ygUOUGxhbmV0IGNhcmF2YW4%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CrG2RsNuMlM&pp=ygUISXJvbiBtYW4%3D

[Grado]

[Grado]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyktFhsM38&pp=ygUTdG9ueSBpb21taSBmaW5nZXJzIA%3D%3D

[Walter E]

All I know is that early Sabbath is the heaviest sound I've ever heard and nothing IMO has eclipsed it to this day. That Tony Iommi story is quite interesting and I had no idea that his fingers were jacked up. He's a great and innovative guitar player.

[Grado]

I was just listening to the 3 songs at the top of this thread.  

Scrolling thru some of the comments, some were inspired.
Insightful. Thought provoking.
Items from many a persons past, life changing events.

Then, this one guys posts………about “Planet Caravan”…….


@pedroteles2093
3 years ago
I love listening to this while walking on the beach with my girlfriend, until the LSD wears off and I realize I’m dragging a mannequin around a Burger King parking lot.



Lol……Effin gold I tell ya.  

[Mark M]

Haha, I read that too and almost fell off my chair!  I think you'd need to be on LSD just to think that $hit up. Definitely gold.

I knew that Iommi cut of his fingers but I never knew about those finger tip things that he uses. Cred to him for not giving up because he made some great music.