If anyone tries to tell you that rockin’ out isn’t dangerous, just tell them the story of Taryn Kapronica’s, aka Bettie B. Goode, experience on Saturday night during the U.S. Air Guitar regional competition at the Music Hall of Williamsburg:
[Photo by DelMundo for the Daily News]
Taryn Kapronica – who goes by the stage name Bettie B. Goode – slammed into a metal chair 15 feet above a confused Williamsburg audience just seconds into her July 9 performance of Scorpion’s “Rock You Like a Hurricane.”
“My foot got caught in the chair leg, and as I fell over the chair, my toe was dislocated and basically all the tissue was totally ripped off,” explained Kapronica, 27.
Ms. Goode won the competition, but lost the fourth toe on her left foot after doctors decided they had to amputate. According to the Daily News, Kapronica isn’t going to let the loss of her toe stop her quest to become the best in the nation. She plans to represent NYC on August 8 in San Francisco at the sixth annual U.S. Air Guitar Championships. Now that’s hardcore. I think I’m in love.
[Thanks to Adam Kaufman for the heads up]
