![]() ![]() But it still amazes people who see him play. He plays on a five-string guitar instead of six, playing without the low-E string. The secret to Perry's success isn't really a secret. "And when he hit the string, I was sure he was playing all the strings." "He said turn your head, I'm going to play you a song with one finger with five strings," said Perry. ![]() But one of his bandmates and longtime friends Victor Doucette had an idea. ![]() With only a ring finger, Perry wasn't sure he'd be able to hold down the chords anymore. "When I come out the hospital, I figured I'd never play guitar again cause she told me my little finger wouldn't move," he said.Īlphy says losing most of the fingers on his left hand hasn't stopped him from playing guitar. But it was the final accident, involving a four-wheeler, that really worried the musician. The second accident, also in the wood shop, took Perry's thumb and part of his middle finger. Because I had been doing it since I was 15 and I've been entertaining since, all my life." 'I was sure he was playing all the strings' He lost his first finger -his index finger - two decades ago, and Perry didn't think twice about continuing to play. He played for four decades with the band Shiloh, before calling it quits when COVID-19 started. When he first picked up the guitar at age 15, the future bus driver and carpenter was a natural. ![]() Perry hasn't always played with missing digits. "Doesn't matter what major or what flat, I can play with them." "I get all my chords and it doesn't matter who I play with," Perry said. If you heard Alphy Perry play guitar, you wouldn't think any differently about him than any other musician.īut if you watch him play closely enough, you might wonder how he's playing so fluently - using just one finger. ![]()
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