Someone at work just asked me last Monday if he was still alive! :shock:
I didn't know him, never met him, his innovations were before I was born ...... yet he touched my life in a big way and I feel sad. :( Excuse me while I play my Les Paul ...........................
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
I read it in the newspaper. Very sad news. Recently I was looking for some of his latest works due to a post on the bassist Nicki Parrot...
Thank you for your music and for your guitars Mr Paul.
RIP, LP!!
Your legacy lives on in all of us.
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
I just found this on HULU
http://www.hulu.com/watch/91100/les-paul---chasing-sound
Its well worth the time to watch this 8)
I just found this on HULU
http://www.hulu.com/watch/91100/les-paul---chasing-sound
Its well worth the time to watch this 8)
I wish HULU was available outside USA, but it ain't. :cry:
For the rest of us, here's the movie 'dog was talking about.
I watched it yesterday (thanks to the magic of the internet :wink: ) and it's a great insight into the man. I wish I could have been in the audience at the Iridium to hear him live. He seems like quite the character, in addition to everything else.
I wrapped a newspaper ’round my head
So I looked like I was deep
About 5 years ago One of my MD friends son and daughter in law was invited to play with Less at his Monday night gig. Talk about a proud papa :D Dr. G was making his rounds about 9 pm that night and that was about all he could talk about :lol:
I was so behind on this. I didn't even know he was still alive until recently. Sometimes, I tell ya. I just ain't with it.
My wife did order me a CD. She needed to fill up a $25 Barnes and Noble to get free shipping, so she ordered me the Chester & Lester CD from something like '74. I imagine it will be quite good.
Well, RIP Les!
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
I imagine it will be quite good.
It's worth the wait.
But, just in case you're impatient, here's a preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfjD680wQJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk
I wrapped a newspaper ’round my head
So I looked like I was deep
That's quite the interesting guitar Les is playing. Bigsby style tailpiece, some switch beside the regular toggle and what appears to be oddly shaped pick-ups. My eyes could be failing me and never got a good shot of them, but they looked longer than the standard humbucker.
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
That's quite the interesting guitar Les is playing. Bigsby style tailpiece, some switch beside the regular toggle and what appears to be oddly shaped pick-ups. My eyes could be failing me and never got a good shot of them, but they looked longer than the standard humbucker.
Hey Roy... that's a Les Paul Recording model. Here's some info on them: http://www.ntw.net/~w0ui/family_webpage/linkpages/music/music_lespaulrecording.htm and http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/LPLI.php
I had a chance to make a pilgrimage of sorts to the Iridium in Feb. 2008 to see Les and the band (+ guests) - and I did. A great time was had by all. Les graciously signed autographs for a couple hundred folks after soaking his sore hands backstage in ice water to relieve arthritis pain. Never have I felt so at ease meeting someone famous. What a legend. What a life he had. What a great contributor to music!
