RE: Fingers

[Kevin Cotrupe <KC@screamingmedia.com>]

Jim-

what he is doing is holding the pick between his ring finger and middle
finger against his palm and uses his fingers. This way he  can go from
finger picking straight to traditional picking on the fly. You can see him
do a lot of this on Storytellers and The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Pete is so good he could probably play better than
most with his toes.

Kevin 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Topp [mailto:jtopp@indiana.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:58 AM
To: TheWho@igtc.com
Subject: Fingers


>Regarding Pete's solos. ... What he is doing while playing solos is 
>he is playing a lot with his fingers.

As opposed to other guitarists who use their toes? :^)

Sorry, Kevin. Do you mean he's not using a pick or what?

Reminds me of the scene from This Is Spinal Tap where Nigel the 
guitarist scrapes a violin across his guitar strings while playing on 
stage, then tunes  the violin.

Schrade,

Good point about the bicycle accident.

Jim