of course my FAVORITE:
and he's rippin' it up here
Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94
By JON PARELES
Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y. . He was 94.
The cause was complications of pneumonia, the Gibson Guitar Corporation and his family announced. .
Mr. Paul was a remarkable musician as well as a tireless tinkerer. He played guitar alongside leading prewar jazz and pop musicians from Louis Armstrong to Bing Crosby. In the 1930s he began experimenting with guitar amplification, and by 1941 he had built what was probably the first solid-body electric guitar, although there are other claimants. With his guitar and the vocals of his wife, Mary Ford, he used overdubbing, multitrack recording and new electronic effects to create a string of hits in the 1950s...............oh and THIS is one of THE best albums (yeah, i still say album) EVER. i mean that too
american made world played. les paul and friends
don't believe me - oh ye of little faith? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
Track List
01 Introduction 00:14
02 Love Sneakin' Up On You - Sting & Joss Stone 03:25
03 Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Edgar Winter & Noah Hunt 05:05
04 Somebody Ease My Troublin' Mind - Sam Cooke & Eric Clapton 03:32
05 So Into You - Peter Frampton 04:40
06 How High The Moon - Les Paul & Alsou 02:09
07 Bad Case Of Lovin' You - Billy Gibbons 03:54
08 I Wanna Know You - Neil Schon & Beth Hart 06:21
09 (Ain't That) Good News - Sam Cooke & Jeff Beck 04:04
10 Let Me Roll It - Richie Sambora 04:03
11 Caravan - Les Paul 02:08
12 Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl - Buddy Guy, Keith Richards & Rick Derringer 04:01
13 All I Want Is You - Johnny Rzeznik 04:17
14 69 Freedom Special - Les Paul & Friends 05:44
15 Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller 04:45
16 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Joe Perry, Mick Hucknall & Kenny Olsen 06:49
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Jennifer Taylor for The New York Times
Les Paul at Carnegie Hall in 2005. More Photos >
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3 comments:
Aside from all the rest, Gibson Les Pauls are surely the most beauteous of guitars to look upon.
i'm partial to 'em. don't have one of them but i DO have a gibson 12 string
Well he certainly is one of those folks who did a whole lot of living and hopefully slid into home base with a really worn out used up body and saying "weee, let's do that again!"
Safe travels or enjoy a holiday!
Thanks for the toys. :)
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