RIP :'(
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mu/us_obit_les_paul (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mu/us_obit_les_paul)
How is that MJ dies and people are crying in the streets and the media's nipples stay erect for days on end...
but a TRUE GREAT dies and there is barely a ripple?
I think I may revert to hating everyone again.
[bang]
Quote from: hihhs on August 13, 2009, 09:11:20 AM
How is that MJ dies and people are crying in the streets and the media's nipples stay erect for days on end...
but a TRUE GREAT dies and there is barely a ripple?
I think I may revert to hating everyone again.
[bang]
I can fix that.
Les Paul is the biological father of Blanket
RIP Guitar Legend!
He had some serious passion. When he lost the use of his right arm, he had it permanently fixed in a playing position.
I remember when Leo Fender died there wasn't much of a mainstream media buzz about it.
RIP
:(
RIP. IIRC, he was still playing regular gigs up until this year. One of the unsung greats.
Genius At Work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UvXr2e9DwU#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Damn. :(
But what a run.....
The man arguably created the tools that would revolutionize the music industry.
R.I.P. Mr. Paul
For anyone wanting to hear some fine strummin', I don't think it gets any better than the recordings that Les Paul and Chet Atkins did together. This one's a gem - "Chester and Lester" from the mid 70s.
(http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k445/majmontana/atkins-chet-les-paul-33-l1.jpg)
And he didn't just lay down either. The guy has been playing weekly until fairly recently at some club in Manhattan.
Play a guitar? Hell he nearly invented em. Another American icon gone.
LA
Damn, I must be gettin' old. I saw him and Jeff Beck at the Warner theatre in D.C. back in late '79, early '80. Truly one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
He will be missed.
Oh no
My partner at work is going to ball his eyes out
see ya les
make the beast with two backsing w
RIP master :'(
Quote from: LA on August 13, 2009, 06:00:58 PM
And he didn't just lay down either. The guy has been playing weekly until fairly recently at some club in Manhattan.
It was the Iridium Club. Saw him several times during his usual Monday night gigs. Still played in his late 80s the last time I caught his shows!
RIP. :'(
Quote from: kopfjager on August 13, 2009, 02:12:31 PM
Genius At Work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UvXr2e9DwU#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Great clip! Let's not forget that besides the guitars, pickups and everything else he created he also invented multi-track recording.
RIP to a true musical pioneer. [bow_down]