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Originally posted by Booray
Since GOT's answer is apparently right (I think I now remember hearing he'd lost his finger at some point, but didn't recall that until the answer was given), I'm guessing his inspiration might've been Jerry Garcia. He lost the middle finger on his right hand when he was four when his older brother chopped it off with an axe while they were splitting wood.
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close, but the Dead werent really at the height of their popularity until after this incident. This was when Tony was a teenager, well before Sabbath started for real.
HINT: The finger thing is correct, Tony lost part of his in a shop accident. The guitarist who inspired him was a blues guitarist from the early 20th century, and the guitarist in question was badly burned.