Paul Westerberg, former leader of the legendary
Replacements, has seriously injured his left hand, causing nerve damage. According to
Minneapolis' City Pages,
"A week or so ago he put a screwdriver through his left hand trying to get some wax out of a candle and cut some nerves and ripped some cartilage and hurt himself pretty bad. He's in a cast. He's seen a couple doctors who say he won't be able to play guitar for a year."
3 comments:
S*it, that's too bad. Westerberg has actually been enjoying a bit of a renaissance lately - his last few albums have contained some of the best stuff he's written since the 'Mats disbanded.
Long live the 'Mats. Gotta love "Don't Tell a Soul" and "All Shook Down". "Pleased to Meet Me" is pretty damned good too. I will have to check out some of Westerberg's solo stuff, I have never really bothered to check it out!
Too bad about his hand! Damn... I can't imagine what that would be like, as a musician, to have nerve damage in a hand. Hope he recovers!
Westerberg has really been having a renaissance lately, you are right.
Snave - check out any of Paul's more recent solo albums, 'Stereo' or 'Come Feel Me Tremble' or any of the stuff he has recorded under the name Grandpaboy.
I sure hope he recovers. It would be hard to imagine Paul never playing guitar again.
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