
In an interview with Gibson about his use of the legendary SG, he recalled the moment he got his first left-handed Gibson guitar. “So my thoughts and prayers are with him – I love that dude. Whilst there are many notable aspects about Iommi and his playing style, one of the most famous is that just like his hero Jimi Hendrix, he’s also a left-handed player.

“James is in the right place right now, though, and as he has gone there of his own volition, it sounds like to me he wants sobriety back – and that is the key to it all: You have to want it,” Blythe noted. He added when he heard about the news of Hetfield entering rehab: “ hurt so bad.” The other four grew up in the United States, which was typical of musicians Iommi’s age. The first day of that run, one of my crew guys came to me and said, ‘Hey, Hetfield’s looking for you.’ … James and crew babied me through my first month of sobriety out there on the road - it was a heavy trip. Tony Iommi chooses his favourite Jimi Hendrix song Read More Out of the six musicians Iommi admitted as influences, two of them are British: Marvin and Clapton. “I got sober while we were on tour with Metallica almost nine years ago. Eric Clapton Speaks on His Incident With Hendrix, Tony Iommi Names Favorite Song From Jimi 'The first time I met Jimi, he came to see Cream play,' Clapton said. Heavy Metal frontman, Randy Blythe of Lamb of Gob, also revealed that Hetfield had helped him to gain control of his alcoholism.

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