R.I.P. Les Paul
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jayk
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i 'assume' that's your LP. looks pretty 'vintage'. NICE!
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul
A real pioneer. Modern music owes him a huge debt of gratitude.
A real pioneer. Modern music owes him a huge debt of gratitude.
Earlsays
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I didn't see it mentioned yet in this thread....Les Paul was in a car accident, broke his arm. He had the doctor permanently set his arm in an "L" shape, to accommodate his 90 year old arm playing guitar.
That story, along with an interview with Les Paul, is in a DVD Documentary called "American Music: OFF THE RECORD" Which is FANTASTIC pick up a copy, it's really great.
That story, along with an interview with Les Paul, is in a DVD Documentary called "American Music: OFF THE RECORD" Which is FANTASTIC pick up a copy, it's really great.
fortycoats
Super Member
Shook hands and said hello on the way into the gig when I saw him, which is a chance I think most people who attended his Iridium residency got.
How fitting that I heard the news while repairing and servicing my multi-track tape recorder.
silversport
Super Member
Invented the electric guitar too...not just a great player...invented so many things and changed the face of music...Godspeed...Les
Bill
Bill
Cosmic
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Oh Damn, I just saw the headline....:tears:
I don't care if it is ten to eight am here, I am having a shot of vodka to him.
And I will track a couple of melody lines on my DAW today, because without Les, most likely Tascam would never have wound up building these things.
Bless you and thank you for everything you gave us.
R.I.P.
I don't care if it is ten to eight am here, I am having a shot of vodka to him.
And I will track a couple of melody lines on my DAW today, because without Les, most likely Tascam would never have wound up building these things.
Bless you and thank you for everything you gave us.
R.I.P.
Endspec
Super Member
R.I.P. Les
I am warming up the old tubes for a few spins of his tunes.
was introduced to his music as a young teen by my father as I was into recording music for our little comunity theater and also the high school and middle schools bands and choirs, Dad showed me about multi trac recording then and been hooked on audio ever sence.
I am warming up the old tubes for a few spins of his tunes.
was introduced to his music as a young teen by my father as I was into recording music for our little comunity theater and also the high school and middle schools bands and choirs, Dad showed me about multi trac recording then and been hooked on audio ever sence.
mhardy6647
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wajobu
Boing Boom Tschak
They did a rebroadcast of a 1992 interview with Les Paul on Terry Gross's show today--audio will be up by 5 pm: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111888401
NPR has changed its web page format and I don't see the button they used to have to listen to streaming audio of the story. Do you have to go to their podcast page and sign up for podcasts? I've never done that. I won't go into the "WTF is a podcast anyway" here...
I'm just afraid these pod things have some kind of body-snatcher in them.
wajobu
Boing Boom Tschak
Audio is not up yet at NPR...patience grasshopper, but here's a trailer for a Les Paul documentary from a few years back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP7qI5RVtxw&feature=related
Amazing that when well into his 80s Mr. Paul needed to re-learn how to play the guitar due to his rheumatoid arthritis...one hand the fingers were frozen and the other...one-and-a-half fingers worked...then he starts his run at the Iridium on Monday nights for years to come!
EDIT: The audio is up now at NPR.
Amazing that when well into his 80s Mr. Paul needed to re-learn how to play the guitar due to his rheumatoid arthritis...one hand the fingers were frozen and the other...one-and-a-half fingers worked...then he starts his run at the Iridium on Monday nights for years to come!
EDIT: The audio is up now at NPR.
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silversport
Super Member
When I worked nights I would hear him all the time as a guest on the Steve and Johnny show (WGN Chicago) and recall him saying how nice the recent offshore made Epiphone models of his Les Paul guitar were...Les never struck me as the guy who would shill for a buck...listened to him on CD (Les Paul and Friends...) this morning...
http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/stevejohnnie/wgnam-steve-johnnie-remembering-les-paul,0,6975991.story
Bill
http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/stevejohnnie/wgnam-steve-johnnie-remembering-les-paul,0,6975991.story
Bill
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clydeselsor
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Sad news indeed...
I have nothing of a connection other than the fact that he and I lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin at one point or another, and hardly near at the same time.
It is difficult to fathom the world of modern music without his influence, and I doubt it is possible. There are few that have had the impact on music that Les did, be it the innovations on multitrack recordings or the electric guitar.
He lived a long, hopefully happy life. May he rest in peace.
John
It is difficult to fathom the world of modern music without his influence, and I doubt it is possible. There are few that have had the impact on music that Les did, be it the innovations on multitrack recordings or the electric guitar.
He lived a long, hopefully happy life. May he rest in peace.
John
