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CNBC reports that Les Paul, legendary guitarist and guitar designer, has died at age 94
13 Aug 2009 | snarks_when_bored

Posted on 08/13/2009 9:12:40 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored

Les Paul has died at age 94. His electric guitar designs and innovations were central to the development of rock guitar artistry beginning in the early 1950s and continuing to this day. He was playing to the very end, too, in small groups in New York clubs.

So long to a great one...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guitarwizard; lespaul; music; obituary
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To: frogjerk

RIP. Not only did he have an excellent ear and help pioneer some excellent instruments, he was an exceptional player in his own right.


81 posted on 08/13/2009 10:15:58 AM PDT by TheStickman
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Another great Les Paul player...


82 posted on 08/13/2009 10:17:49 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Those who provide the least and demand the most have a voting majority.)
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To: snarks_when_bored

Booked in God’s studio, what a session that will be!

Farewell.


83 posted on 08/13/2009 10:18:22 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ("Prosperity is just around the corner." Herbert Hoover, 1932)
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To: visualops

You married a very complicated and weetawded man, my dear.


84 posted on 08/13/2009 10:18:27 AM PDT by TheStickman
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To: snarks_when_bored

Rest in Peace. Thank you for what you helped give to the world. The music world is saddened by your loss.


85 posted on 08/13/2009 10:20:16 AM PDT by BCR #226 (07/02 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: Califelephant

Thanks for the post and the link.

What a wonderful performance by two great talents!


86 posted on 08/13/2009 10:21:22 AM PDT by Iron Munro (You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat - Claire Wolfe)
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To: snarks_when_bored
That's a shame


87 posted on 08/13/2009 10:22:46 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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To: TheStickman

oh boy there’s your guy


88 posted on 08/13/2009 10:23:02 AM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: snarks_when_bored

A bit too big to post:

http://www.case.edu/events/amm/images/lespaul.jpg


89 posted on 08/13/2009 10:26:35 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ("Prosperity is just around the corner." Herbert Hoover, 1932)
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To: TheStickman

yep


90 posted on 08/13/2009 10:27:05 AM PDT by visualops (this tagline has been reported to flag@whitehouse.gov)
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To: frogjerk
If one would listen and become familiar with Les Paul's total body of work, you would hear some of the most creative and technically precise guitar playing ever recorded, which,IMO, has never been matched.

additionally I have always been impressed with the breadth of his repertoire.

Yes he had his electronic devices, but nonetheless, the music needed to be played and no one did it better.

91 posted on 08/13/2009 10:27:22 AM PDT by Banjoguy (Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat party are among the enemies of The Republic.)
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To: MarkL

Post 49

You are right, when you are a master you can move effortlessly from country, rock and blues as well as other formats. I saw a special about Paul, some time ago, where one segment was a “jam session” With B. B. King. After they were finished I exclaimed “dang, the man missed his calling”, it was awesome.


92 posted on 08/13/2009 10:27:57 AM PDT by Peter Horry (Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
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To: LS
Sure changed rock. Him and Leo Fender.

Leo Fender, Les Paul and Jim Marshall were the bones that rock and roll were founded on.

93 posted on 08/13/2009 10:27:57 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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Adrian Smith with his customized gold top.


94 posted on 08/13/2009 10:31:45 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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To: TheStickman
"RIP. Not only did he have an excellent ear and help pioneer some excellent instruments, he was an exceptional player in his own right."

Les played live every week at Fat Tuesday's in New York for years,( Ithink he finally stopped in 2001) there was a waiting list to get in to see his show, and you never knew who would show up to jam with him.

The list of great Guiatarists that would show up to Jam with him would fill a book! BB King, Clapton, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Steve Cropper, Joe Perry, Billy Gibbons, Man would I have loved to have seen and heard all that music live!

95 posted on 08/13/2009 10:32:20 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Lifeson was a major influence on me growing up and later on my style of playing. A few years ago I was given a DVD of Rush performing live and during his solo on La Villa Strangiato I thought I was looking into a mirror.


96 posted on 08/13/2009 10:33:24 AM PDT by TheStickman
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To: snarks_when_bored


97 posted on 08/13/2009 10:36:33 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Banjoguy
"additionally I have always been impressed with the breadth of his repertoire."

I once saw him do a 14 note arpeggio across two octaves in 6/8 time.

Riffs like that would make Joe Satriani blanch!

98 posted on 08/13/2009 10:36:46 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: snarks_when_bored
I had the pleasure of seeing him play at the jazz club in NY where he always played. (name escapes) Great player & great sence of humor, as well. I had an 80's LP custom "Silverburst" that I sold. Beauty, but too damn heavy. It made my shoulder hurt after 3 songs.

RIP Les Paul the Great

99 posted on 08/13/2009 10:36:54 AM PDT by Beloved Levinite (I have a new name for the occupier of The Oval Office: KING FRAUD! (pronounced King "Faa-raud"))
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To: rightwingextremist1776
I grew up one town away from his family's estate in NJ. My dad did some auto upholstery work for him in 1967 and while we were there, Les dragged me around his studio for hours that felt like mere minutes.

I held a guitar for the first time during that encounter and have been playing stringed instruments since then. Les Paul truly influenced me as a young man.

RIP dear sir, you are loved and will be missed.

100 posted on 08/13/2009 10:42:16 AM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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