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This just landed in our in-box and we had to share…it’s video of Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist, a Portland street performer who hasn’t quit playing music, despite losing one of his arms.

The next time we’re over in Portland we’re totally going to seek this guy out. Check out this performance and interview.

 

This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2009.

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Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 14, 2009

<h1>Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 14, 2009</p> <p>This just landed in our in-box and we had to share...it's video of Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist, a Portland street performer who hasn't quit playing music, despite losing one of his arms.</p> <p>The next time we're over in Portland we're totally going to seek this guy out. Check out this performance and interview.</p> <p>&nbsp;<object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/_tLZp16K0W4 </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/lefty-the-one-armed-guitarist-2134030/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=11770&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/lefty-the-one-armed-guitarist-2134030/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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