I typed in my name and I not only found my website, but saw my album cover in your collection of 'Collectible Records.' I lived in a time when children were "cruel" and laughed and made fun of other children with deformities or handicaps. Society has changed, Thank God, toward any person with a disability or handicap.

I lost the fingers on my left hand and the sight in my left eye, at the age of 5, when a dynamite cap blew up in my hand. Nothing but the grace of God let me live. I was a pretty hard-headed kid and was determinded to let nothing stop me from doing whatever it is that I chose to do. My entire family was musically inclined, so I decided I did not want to be left out of our family musicals. Many dedicated hours were spent on my guitar.

It was only at the age of 30 that I decided I could play the fiddle and my 'good friends' told me, 'you can't play the fiddle, you're fingerless!' After 5 years of learning to play the fiddle, I became 'The Fingerless Fiddler.'

Now, at 65 years of age, I am still playing my guitar and entering many flat top picking contest. I also play the fiddle in many fiddle contests and judge at State Fiddle Championships. I am also booked for various events as special entertainer thoughout the United States.

May God Bless You and Your Site.........
Roy Thackerson, The Fingerless Fiddler www.fingerlessfiddler.com