God doesn't want me to play guitar. That is all I can surmise from the fact that my renewed interest in furthering my skills on said instrument has coincided with what medical professionals probably don't call 'bathfinger', but I do. My fingertips have started going all soft and flaky, to the point where I had to use a couple of plasters to play acoustic at an open mic set the other day. Normally I'd just shrug and pick up my Telecaster or sit down at the keyboard instead, but Jools Holland chose this week to introduce me to Kaki King, a wonderful guitarist whose technique requires vigorous use of every finger and thumb on seemingly every part of the guitar. Below is a video of her being far too good for her own....good.
I'm all about showing off on the guitar after a couple of pints and something like this would be a nice addition to the standard beer-bottle-slide routine.
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