Re: (TV) Tom's height & hands

[SCOTT ALDRICH <scott.aldrich@worldnet.att.net>]

I'm a guitar player but I have average sized hands, proportionate to my
size. Obviously Hendrix as well had big hands (that's clear from looking at
all of the photos of him), but I've never heard a convincing case for hand
size to be a factor (unless maybe you frequently play five or more
fret-stretching chords like Joe Pass or Jim Hall, and if you do, God bless
you, but, capo that damn thing!)

Scott

> From: "Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@volpe.dot.gov>
> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:10:30 -0500
> To: "'tv@obbard.com'" <tv@obbard.com>
> Subject: (TV) Tom's height & hands
> 
> Again not to get too hung-up on metrics, but my recollections from the many
> live performances (and as some of you might have gathered by now--for better
> or worse, I was always paying extremely very close attention to details of his
> performance), in particular a show at Hampshire College in in Northampton,
> Massachusetts in November 1982 (the night the power at the school failed right
> for 15 minutes right in the middle of very long extended version of "Down On
> the Farm", from Dreamtime),  when I got within 3 feet of him----is that Tom is
> more lanky than tall; I would bet a copy of MM that he's much closer to 6"
> flat (6' 1" tops).
> 
> How's that for a run-on sentence!
> 
> I also know from observation that (as Michael C. once said) Tom has extermely
> large hands relative to a a man of his size.  "All the better to play the
> guitar with, my little red riding hood." Or are large hands no advantage for a
> guitarist? Guitar playing list-members please weigh-in (I guess that 's
> everyone on the list except me.)
> 
> 
> Ms Secret X can you tell us Tom's approx. height?
> 
> Leo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:10 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) City Lights & Tom Verlaine
> 
> 
> Well, the man is something like 6' 5" - much taller than you might think from
> the photos. The few times I've seen him I've been surprised at his size.
> Skinny, yes, but big!
> 
> --Philip
> 
> --- Brian Young <raggedglory57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I was surprised Verlaine even subconsciously would make the "bigger is
>> better" argument after seeing his pictures from the mid-'70's.  His arms
>> look so skinny that I could put my hand around them. Does Tom have a macho
>> aspect to his personality?
> 
> 
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