Name some famous lefty players.....

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:44 am

I'll start this thread with a list that I have blatently stolen from Peter McCormack from another thread. You get 5 points for a lefty guitar/bass player and 5 bonus points if they played a Rickenbacker plus a further 5 bonus points if you post a picture! And the winner will receive a
(oh! I seem to have run out of ink).

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Glen Campbell
Vicki Carr
Natale Cole
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Dick Dale (guitarist)
Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Bela Fleck, jazz musician
Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
Eric Gale, guitarist
Errol Garner, jazz pianist
Judy Garland
Crysal Gayle
Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra)
Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
Jimi Hendrix
Isaac Hayes
Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
Albert King, guitarist
Melissa Manchester
Chuck Mangione, trumpet
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
Christie Marie Melonson (opera)
George Michael (Wham!)
Peter Nero, conductor
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
Cole Porter, song-writer
Lou Rawls
John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.)
Rich Szabo, trumpeter
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
Tiny Tim
Rudy Valee
Lenny White, drummer
Paul Williams, song-writer

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:27 am

Elliot Easton (Cars)

I know he owned a lefty 360/12, but I don't think he used it out..

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:47 am

Billy Corgan is right-handed.

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:50 am

OK, thanks Steve. I pulled this offline and so there may be some issues with it. It may be that he is left-handed as I am but play the guitar right-handed.

My point was simply that lefties, although they represent only perhaps 10 percent of the planet's population make up more than 10 percent of the talent. Some researchers have argued that upwards of 30 percent of musicians are left-handed.

Can we add Ringo Starr to this list?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:58 am

If you count the righties that played with all of those lefties, would that be 10 percent?
In the case of some of those performers, some are singers, which doesn't really matter which hand they are, unless you mean it creates a different mentality for lefties? More creative?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:38 am

Steve Smith-The Vapors. One of my faves.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:06 am

Otis Rush, I think he plays a righty upside down including the strings.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:15 am

Karl Green -Herman's Hermits

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:20 am

Er... Lee Jackson, (Rickenbacker) bass player with Refugee in the '70s and with The Nice in the '60s.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:18 am

Oh, man you went and listed all the good ones already!!!
But if I may add one, uh, Squirebass is left-handed(although he plays right-handed)

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:22 am

Babe Ruth ...

dougp · Post by **dougp** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:43 am

Gerald V. Casale (Devo bassist)

(I once played keyboards with a band I was denied full membership in because all 4 members were lefties, although the guitarist and bassist both play righty.)

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:26 am

Perry Bamonte, BassVI -The Cure

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:09 pm

Ican'tgetmeno...satisfaction

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:57 pm

Barry Bonds