Part of his unorthodox style stems from his being a left-hander. When he was eight years old, Joe was given a Sears acoustic guitar. An instructional record said to put the guitar neck in his left hand and - knowing no better - he did. So Perry developed into a right-handed player and when he admits, "It feels backwards to me sometimes," you can hear that blessed dyslexic quality emerge in his playing. - Guitar World, 12/87
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