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Night of Les Paul

jwrosenthal

jwrosenthal

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In tribute to the man who started it all with electric guitar, I am spinning my Capital Les Paul and Mary Ford 10" lp's on my GE Automatic stacker on the back porch with the grill going and a glass of wine.

Thank you Les...you will never be forgotten!!

James R.
 
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Commendable, James. I have a few live recordings of Les, one or more of which I'll get round to listening to over the next few days, starting tonight.
 
I've had three Le Paul guitars now but sad enough none of his music here. What a great man! None around like him anywhere. :no:
 
G'day all, that man was a true legend! RIP. Les Paul. His impact on the development of the electric guitar and the way it was played was utterly profound! Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
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G'day all, that man was a true legend! RIP. Les Paul. His impact on the development of the electric guitar and the way it was played was utterly profound! Regards, Felix aka catman.
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Not to mention his innovations/inventions in multi-track recording. Always meant to stop in and hear him perform in NYC next trip there, sadly - I missed the opportunity. A while back PBS had an entire program about Les Paul and the birth of multi-track recording - talked about all the early stuff with Mary Ford etc. - hope they replay that sometime. RIP Les Paul.



Steve
 
At ninety-four Gregorian years, I am astounded he has not croaked and became uselesss as tits on a bull!

Edit: The bloke bit the dust! Anyway, it was Adolph Rickenbacker who "started it all with the American electric guitar". Lester Polsfuss was an innovator. Never the less, the guitar developed over instruments in Europe for many centuries.
 
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jwrosenthal said:
In tribute to the man who started it all with electric guitar, I am spinning my Capital Les Paul and Mary Ford 10" lp's on my GE Automatic stacker on the back porch with the grill going and a glass of wine.

Thank you Les...you will never be forgotten!!

James R.
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he could not be honored in a more fitting or dignified way...I'll never forget going to see him perform almost every Monday night at Fat Tuesday's the last time I lived in Manhattan..the place was rarely crowded, back in the early/mid 80's but it never failed..people from all corners of the earth would come in to sit at this master musician's legendary feet. He was always personable and friendly to each and every one of us..even if there were only ten of us in the place , he would still give each gig his all..consummate professional, genius, innovator...a giant amongst men...it surprised me how affected I've been since hearing of his passing..what a guy
 
steveh1155 said:
Not to mention his innovations/inventions in multi-track recording. Always meant to stop in and hear him perform in NYC next trip there, sadly - I missed the opportunity. A while back PBS had an entire program about Les Paul and the birth of multi-track recording - talked about all the early stuff with Mary Ford etc. - hope they replay that sometime. RIP Les Paul.



Steve
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The PBS show is out on DVD, I have it here (Chasing Sound?). They have some performances from Iridium on there, too, but they're not as good as the older VHS tape from Fat Tuesday's.

Buy the Legend & Legacy box set , it's worth every penny. Probably cost a fortune to make, too, as he had to re-assemble and calibrate all the old, one-of-a-kind oddball rigs he'd recorded them on.

je
 
Very cool, Fred Sanford, good info, I'm gonna pursue that..I'd love to have some footage of Fat Tuesday gigs though I've no doubt that when he moved over to Iridium he was knockin' em dead, too...can't wait
 
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Very cool, Fred Sanford, good info, I'm gonna pursue that..I'd love to have some footage of Fat Tuesday gigs though I've no doubt that when he moved over to Iridium he was knockin' em dead, too...can't wait
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The Fat Tuesday VHS is called "Les Paul...the living legend of the electric guitar". Pretty sure his son produced it. It's from 1992.

je
 
Went through my albums and found this little gem.

Man he sure could play.
 

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I had the pleasure of seeing him at the Iridium, he still had his chops, and an inveterate tinkerer.
 

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Very cool guy Les , I guess he was still playing his regular gig up until a few weeks ago ? 94 ! Did a lot of searching on the web last night , found a great clip of some all star tribute show with a lot of big names and this is the finale .
He does some leads also , more in the rock vein .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipTB4arOpSY
 
cool Les Paul anecdote, one that makes you wonder 'what' would've been as well as one that shows...Les was 'on' and tuned in...

"The highly respected musician Les Paul saw Hendrix auditioning at a club in 1965, and was struck by the sheer force of the performance. "Yes sir, he sure knew how to shake those strings," Paul remembers. Dispensing as fast as possible with his errand, he returned to the club to sign the 23 year old to a contract, but discovered to his dismay he had drifted on. Despite much effort, Paul was unable to trace him, and could find no-one who even knew the young guitarist's name. "He was just too loud and too crazy for this place", said the club owner, who had quickly turned him down."
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Listened to Les and Mary for about 5 hours straight the morning after I heard. Great inventor and player. I hope to drive to Waukesha and drink to his memory in his hometown, sometime before the year is over.
 
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