Comments

• Bob Holo Moderator

  December 2015 Posts: 1,252

  Wow. that sucks... Positive thoughts out to him.
  
  It's a good point. You can't stop living life just because you make your living with your hands. I remember Robin Nolan coming over to do a tour in the states... maybe 2006? Around that time. He had a bike accident just before he came over and if I remember correctly, he did a gig before he knew how messed up his thumb was - then he went to a doctor. Can't imagine how he did it. He played Djangofest like that a few weeks later. Testament to his skill that he actually got around the neck fairly well once his thumb was taped up, though you could see that it hurt him to play. He altered his style a little, doing a lot more of that Ravi-Shankar finger-peddling thing that he does... sliding up & down the neck like that probably used a lot less thumb pressure. Amazing that he continued playing like that. On that same tour, his bassist, a guy named Michael Papillo, cut his hand on... I believe a cooking knife - and not a small cut. I remember running around Mississippi avenue looking for stores that carried superglue. Their running joke for that tour was: "Jesus Ted, be careful." (Teddy G was their rhythm guitarist and the only guy in the band that wasn't playing with an injury)
  
  Here's wishing Stochelo a speedy recovery.

  You get one chance to enjoy this day, but if you're doing it right, that's enough.
• Hemert Prodigy

  December 2015 edited December 2015 Posts: 264

  I talked to Stochelo. It's very unfortunate since a tour was just starting. He's doing well but is of course bummed out about this. It was just a stupid accident where he didn't see the sidewalk when crossing the street because it was dark. He was carrying a bag in his right hand that he didn't have the instinct to let go of so he broke the fall with his left hand.

  
• cbwim ✭✭✭

  December 2015 Posts: 191

  This falling thing is going around. I had a bad spill in the parking lot at Django right in front of Nick Lehr. I was showing him the eclipse. Hit my face pretty hard but I don't think I broke my nose (it doesn't feel 100% right though so I'm going to get that checked soon) and fortunately missed taking out my flute maker's embouchure. And then earlier this summer my friend the great flute maker Rod Cameron (who is also a guitar player) had a bad spill in his workshop, breaking an arm and bashing his head. I hope Stochelo recovers soon!!!!
  
  Moral of the story: Don't fall down!!!!
  
• spud paris, france✭✭✭✭

  December 2015 Posts: 101

  maybe he is working too hard on his django style playing for the film
• klaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia

  December 2015 Posts: 1,665

  I crushed and split the middle finger on my left hand unpacking the car after Django in June 2012. Took four stitches, two of them right through the nail! To make matters worse, we had three gigs lined up in the following couple of weeks. I had to train myself quickly to play three chord rhythm without that finger and turn all of my solos over to the other guys in the band. Every so often I would forget and plant that finger Ouch!
  

  Benny
  
  "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
  -- Orson Welles
• Lango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator

  December 2015 Posts: 1,855

  Bummer.
  
  Get better soon, Stochelo's finger!
  
  And be careful with those Djangobook.com-educated-hands, everybody!

  Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."
  
  Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
  
  Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
  
• AmundLauritzen ✭✭✭✭

  December 2015 Posts: 236

  Get well soon, Stochelo!
  
  
  
• dennis Montreal, QuebecModerator

  December 2015 Posts: 2,161

  I forget his name but there s this guitar player who was in a caravan fire and lost the use of two of his fingers. He managed to play lead with the index and middle fingers. I heard he was quite good

  

  www.facebook.com/denischangmusic
  www.denischang.com
  www.dc-musicschool.com
• terrassier France✭

  December 2015 Posts: 101

  Thats Stuarts joke Dennis ^^^^^