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Post subject: At THE Master's Feet
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:14 pm
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He sat on an old bar stool this evening, not more than three feet above my head, and not two feet away, cradling this monster of a solid body guitar in his lap, a creation which could only be his, which looked like it had been dreamed up by Dr. Frankenstein himself. With gnarled arthritic fingers, this 93 year old 'wunderkind', the creative force behind so much we take for granted today in music, held us in his thrall for an hour and a half. With humor, and with tasteful and at times, difficult to excute, simple guitar lines, he gave testimony to why there is, and can only be one......Les Paul.

I can only hope for all of us, the years, the continued joy in creativity, a lust for life, and sharing with others.

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Hey, Doc!! Did you see him in NYC? I hear he still holds down a regular weekday spot at Smoke or Iridium or one of those Manhattan jazz clubs.


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He does Mondays at the Iridium.

I saw him several times when I lived in Manhattan.

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stratmansteve wrote:
Hey, Doc!! Did you see him in NYC? I hear he still holds down a regular weekday spot at Smoke or Iridium or one of those Manhattan jazz clubs.


Iridium. He was at "Fat Tuesday'' for many years.


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Hey, Doc!! Did you see him in NYC? I hear he still holds down a regular weekday spot at Smoke or Iridium or one of those Manhattan jazz clubs.


Iridium. He was at "Fat Tuesday'' for many years.


I never got to see him. I wonder if I ever will. I'm sure he travels only when necessary now so we can't expect a worldwide tour. Nobody ever comes this far south anyway. Nobody I want to see anyway, except B.B.


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He is one of my favorite guitar players and I have been a fan of many years. it is great to hear he is still rockin'! was there a q&a? any autographs, and did you take pics? :D


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Saw a nice TV program about Les Paul just the other day, including very recent footage at Iridium.

Always more to learn: I knew he was at the forefront of multitrack recording, but I didn't know just how intimately he'd been involved in actually inventing some of those techinques.

And some very nice runs around the neck that most of us would be delighted to be able to pull off.

One of the true trailblazers, without a doubt.

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Yeah, and really switched on for 93!

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He is one of my favorite guitar players and I have been a fan of many years. it is great to hear he is still rockin'! was there a q&a? any autographs, and did you take pics? :D


Taking a camera wasn't a priority for me. There are two shows. We learned there that he does autographs and the lot only after the second show. That would have put me back home around 2 a.m. To late a run.

Sorry I could not share that. :(

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Ceri wrote:
Saw a nice TV program about Les Paul just the other day, including very recent footage at Iridium.

Always more to learn: I knew he was at the forefront of multitrack recording, but I didn't know just how intimately he'd been involved in actually inventing some of those techinques.

And some very nice runs around the neck that most of us would be delighted to be able to pull off.

One of the true trailblazers, without a doubt.

Cheers - C


I saw the show awhile back, Ceri. I thought it also very interesting about the recording techniques and trying different locations for different sounds.

I *think* this is the PBS documentary that I saw and is now available on DVD.

http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-american- ... 84340.html

"Working in his own garage studio, Paul started to layer his own recordings. In 1947, he released a recording of the Rodgers and Hart standard “Lover” with eight guitars layered over each other. When “Lover” became a hit, he repeated the process and made a second hit, “Brazil.” Eventually, overdubbing became standard on his recordings."

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Video interwiev woth Les Paul from BBC's: The story Of The Guitar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/guitars/video/lespaul/

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I saw the show awhile back, Ceri. I thought it also very interesting about the recording techniques and trying different locations for different sounds.

I *think* this is the PBS documentary that I saw and is now available on DVD.

http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-american- ... 84340.html

"Working in his own garage studio, Paul started to layer his own recordings. In 1947, he released a recording of the Rodgers and Hart standard “Lover” with eight guitars layered over each other. When “Lover” became a hit, he repeated the process and made a second hit, “Brazil.” Eventually, overdubbing became standard on his recordings."


Hi Mike: Yes, they were talking about recording in every room in the house for different acoustics, weren't they? Yet another thing he lead the world with: the home studio!

As to the layering, essentially he was track bouncing, wasn't he? Because he only had four tracks available. All of us who fooled around with Tascam four track machines know the endless complexities that leads to. No good getting to the seventh or eighth track only to decide there's something you want to do differently on the first one. It's all about tactics and strategy - and Les Paul had to work it all out for himself!

A great man!

Cheers - C


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Les Paul. What an amazing player. Back in the mid 60's when I first started listening to guitar players my Dad kept telling me none of them could hold a candle to Les Paul and Chet Atkins, but I KNEW neither one of those old codgers could keep up with Clapton or Hendrix. HA! The older I get, the smarter I realize my Dad was.


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Post subject: Re: At THE Master's Feet
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:06 pm
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zzdoc wrote:
He sat on an old bar stool this evening, not more than three feet above my head, and not two feet away, .......


Doc,

My but your post brought back memories. About 20-25 years ago I went to see Kenny Burrell (one of my all-time favorites) at a local San Diego lounge/jazz club. I sat just a couple of feet away too. He played both a hollowbody (ES-175 ?) and an acoustic. That evening left me with a silly grin on my face that lasted for days. If it weren't for the fact that I'm a manly-man (and lumberjack too) I'd have wept tears of joy. :?

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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:46 am
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He was this writer's first influence.

Playing 2 songs on weekdays, with wife Mary Ford, in between the Mickey Mouse Club and news in Chcago. Likely a gold top with P-90s. Mary sometimes strummed a jazzbox.

Thank you, Sir, from millions of us, for your totally unique and mega-enormous contribution to the guitar as an instrument.


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