TUNE-UPSNEWS + NOTES “They’d say, ‘Sweetheart, you’re holding the guitar wrong; it goes the other way.’ I would say, ‘Oh, OK,’ start playing, and they’d feel stupid and apologize” AS SHE PREPARES to unleash Dirty, Malina Moye’s ethos is simple: “The music business makes you question things, so you have to know your worth, be undeniable, so you’re never ignored. Like Eddie Van Halen said, ‘If it sounds right, then it’s right.’”
When we think about guitarists who have flipped a Stratocaster upside-down, capsizing the world along with it, a few come to mind. But it’s Moye’s gutsy style that has kept lefty-leaning licks at the forefront.
“I would get crazy looks from folks shocked to see a woman playing like I do,” Moye says. “They were even more confused…
