Without whom us rock'n'rollers would be playing squeeze boxes, trumpets and banjos.
And without whom a lot of Irish Trad players would be presumably more happy!
A very great man. The thing that stood out for me with his playing is that he had an awful lot of FUN with music. I believe that both he(94 years old) and Segovia, who died aged 93, performed until not long before their demise. I'm very much a trad player these days but I also like other musical genres and Mr Paul was up there with the best of them.
He had taken a hiatus from his steady gig at the Iridium... in June. And by all reports, he was still playing fine then, and still having fun. You could learn a lot from that guy.
And here I am a few hours from New York, and never bothered to go and hear the man - well, there's a reminder of the chances we let slip every day...
It was one of the things I meant to do in NYC too.
But didn't.
His recordings weren't really the style of music I like , but, like Tony said, he was having FUN and that's always good to see live.
Well, speaking personally, (as well as liking most forms of trad) I like rock as well. Not what is passed off in the name of rock nowadays, but the old stuff of the 1950s and 1960s - the Les Paul era, if you will.
So what has a tribute to Les Paul on an ITM board got to do with Les Paul? Quite a lot, I reckon.
Firstly, rock uses the same modal scales as used in much of ITM. Well, you'd all noticed that of course!
Second, back in the 1960s, every teenager wanted a guitar. Wanting a to have guitar was a quite new thing back then. Guitars then more actually realatively much more expensive than they are now. But you just HAD to get one. I financed mine from money raised from a paper round and picking strawberries on a farm. I still have it now, although I don't play it much nowadays. But it was my gateway into 1960s contemporary folk, from which I moved on into traditional music and into playing several other instruments.
And I reckon that many others of my generation did the same.
So here's to you, Les Paul - and keep up with the music, wherever you are now!
Les Paul RIP
Les Paul RIP
Without whom us rock'n'rollers would be playing squeeze boxes, trumpets and banjos.
And without whom a lot of Irish Trad players would be presumably more happy!
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by yhaalhouse
Re: Les Paul RIP
Saw his prototype guitar on display in Ghrun's in Nashville in 1999 price tag $100,000.00 and thats no kidding.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Solidmahog
Re: Les Paul RIP
A very great man. The thing that stood out for me with his playing is that he had an awful lot of FUN with music. I believe that both he(94 years old) and Segovia, who died aged 93, performed until not long before their demise. I'm very much a trad player these days but I also like other musical genres and Mr Paul was up there with the best of them.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Tony O'Rourke
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I grew up listening to Les Paul and Mary Ford. They sold around six million records in the fifties. RIP.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Free Reed
Re: Les Paul RIP
Yeah, but what sort of glue did he use?
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by mcknowall
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OMG! there's still someone who doesn't know what sort of glue he used?!?!?!?!
Man! - you live in a cave or something ? ? ? ?
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by showaddydadito
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"I grew up listening to Les Paul and Mary Ford."
Me, too. In the early days of TV, their program was one of my favorites. He was also a brilliant pioneer in the studio.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Bob himself
Re: Les Paul RIP
Heard 'How High the Moon' in the car today, great music.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by continuo
Re: Les Paul RIP
He had taken a hiatus from his steady gig at the Iridium... in June. And by all reports, he was still playing fine then, and still having fun. You could learn a lot from that guy.
And here I am a few hours from New York, and never bothered to go and hear the man - well, there's a reminder of the chances we let slip every day...
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: Les Paul RIP
It was one of the things I meant to do in NYC too.
But didn't.
His recordings weren't really the style of music I like , but, like Tony said, he was having FUN and that's always good to see live.
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Bren
Re: Les Paul RIP
Well, speaking personally, (as well as liking most forms of trad) I like rock as well. Not what is passed off in the name of rock nowadays, but the old stuff of the 1950s and 1960s - the Les Paul era, if you will.
So what has a tribute to Les Paul on an ITM board got to do with Les Paul? Quite a lot, I reckon.
Firstly, rock uses the same modal scales as used in much of ITM. Well, you'd all noticed that of course!
Second, back in the 1960s, every teenager wanted a guitar. Wanting a to have guitar was a quite new thing back then. Guitars then more actually realatively much more expensive than they are now. But you just HAD to get one. I financed mine from money raised from a paper round and picking strawberries on a farm. I still have it now, although I don't play it much nowadays. But it was my gateway into 1960s contemporary folk, from which I moved on into traditional music and into playing several other instruments.
And I reckon that many others of my generation did the same.
So here's to you, Les Paul - and keep up with the music, wherever you are now!
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: Les Paul RIP
Les Paul was a true innovator - electric guitar and multi-track recording.
Every guitar player owes him.
RIP
# Posted on August 14th 2009 by Dennis Regan
Re: Les Paul RIP
Peace Les, thanks for all youve done
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Barry1963
Re: Les Paul RIP
So, now there's Les up in Heaven, and God wants to jam along with him, because He thinks He's Eric Clapton.........
God bless you, Les.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Guernsey Pete