One armed guitarist story

[LavaMan]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/02/14/baldwin.one.armed.guitarist.cnn?hpt=C2

Very, very cool!

[Guitar Josh]

I LOVE people who give the middle finger to their disabilities. He's a real good player too!

[ABKB]

Saw this just this morning. Very inspiring story. And yes, good player too! Dude seems very humble about it too. Very cool. :aok

[The Kid]

That's inspiring. Seems like a really down to earth guy too. I wish they would have showed more playing without the commentary drowning him out. He sounded great from what I could hear.

[rickwil61]

That's inspiring. Seems like a really down to earth guy too. I wish they would have showed more playing without the commentary drowning him out. He sounded great from what I could hear.

This is really inspiring to me. I was born wth some missing fingers on my left hand but am naturally right handed. I play a lefty guitar and have found it difficult to pick with my hand relaxed because I'm picking with my non-dominant hand and it's sort of a struggle to hang on to the pick sometimes. I have made a lot of progress from where I used to be but it has been a lot of work. My parents used to tell me that I can do anything that I set my mind to and that's the attitude I try to have toward the guitar. It's good to see others that have overcome their challenges. It just reminds me that it can be done.

[boonhogganbeck]

Lefty is very cool, great guy. I sat down and talked with him before his acoustic gig a couple weeks ago. I got to play with him a while back at a blues jam. A hell of a player!

[motis1953]

There's a great blues player in California named Steve Samuels who has a similar disability. There's a video of him playing with blues harp monster William Clarke on Youtube. Truly inspirational. Makes me want to quit my whining and practice.