Phil Collins is drumming no more, for now.
The former singer and drummer for Genesis told a German
newspaper that since he had surgery in April to repair a
dislocated vertebra in his neck, he doesn't have feeling in
his fingers and isn't able to pick up his sticks.
The 58-year-old musician was quoted by Hamburger
Abendblatt on Monday as saying the only way he could
drum is if he were to "glue drumsticks to my hands."
But that's not stopped his recording aspirations. He told the
newspaper he plans a new CD that will feature covers of 30
songs from the Motown label in 2010.
"I want the songs to sound exactly like the originals," the
paper quoted him as saying.
Collins, who lives in Switzerland, was in Hamburg to
celebrate the first anniversary of the debut of
Tarzan the musical. The show features music Collins
composed for the 1999 animated Disney film, including the
Oscar-winning song You'll Be in My Heart.
