Les Paul - RIP

[Jim Alfredson]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

Wow. I was just talking about him to a friend two days ago and how amazing it was that he was still going. God Bless him.

[ghost of miles]

Hell of a day so far...

[king ubu]

Seems he had a regular gig going on in NYC, weekly or something?

r.i.p. - will play that JATP recording tonight.

[J.A.W.]

Another innovator gone...

[7/4]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

Wow. I was just talking about him to a friend two days ago and how amazing it was that he was still going. God Bless him.

A buddy in the know told me Sunday night it wouldn't be long.

RIP Les.

[J.A.W.]

BBC obit

[Guest Bill Barton]

Not a lot of good news this morning...

R.I.P. Les Paul.

What a long, full, rich, creative, innovative and influential life he led! Indeed, a life lived to its fullest.

[fasstrack]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

Wow. I was just talking about him to a friend two days ago and how amazing it was that he was still going. God Bless him.

Wow.

[Aggie87]

R.I.P. Les

[Peter Johnson]

Here's an obit up at the Iridium website, where Les Paul had a standing weekly gig.

Les Paul Obit @ Iridium

[Hardbopjazz]

He was marvelous. RIP Mr. Paul.

[Bright Moments]

RIP

[JohnT]

Nicest and most gracious musician I ever met.

Sad Day

RIP

[sidewinder]

Sad news. Inevitable given his advanced years but he had a great innings and for sure left his mark on music. Great that he managed all those latter years gigs at Iridium - RIP.

[AndrewHill]

Man, RIP.

[catesta]

Here's an obit up at the Iridium website, where Les Paul had a standing weekly gig.

Les Paul Obit @ Iridium

And as is so typical of me, I never went to go see him. I always think, "I'll catch a show next week", next thing you know, they're all gone.

[Guest Bill Barton]

BBC obit

That BBC obit is very strange indeed.

"Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies"

Yes, as far it goes, but there's so much more...

[DukeCity]

RIP, LP.

I remember as a kid, I saw Les on the old Mike Douglas Show. He had a unit on his guitar that controlled a rack of multitrack recording gear behind him. He called the black box on his guitar the "Les Paul-veriser". He did a live demo of stacking up some parts, and I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen!

[jeffcrom]

I recently picked up a Red Callender 78 on the Sunset label. The personnel is listed on the label, and the guitarist was some nobody named Paul Leslie. After the guitar solo on "These Foolish Things," I ran to the computer to find out what else this incredible nobody had recorded. You can guess who it was - and he was already 30 years old at the time (1945). What an amazing career and what a brilliant man.

[jazzbo]

A pioneer passes! Thanks Les!

[mikeweil]

Never heard much of his music outside of the JATP sessions, as I'm not a guitar nut. An influential player, for sure.

R.I.P.

[AllenLowe]

I actually think he was a better guitarist in his later years - with some exceptions I find the earlier stuff to have too many Django-isms, little gimmicky patterns which he repeats over and over - and which he seemed to have dropped whenever I saw him play on various tv shows.

[mjzee]

Here's an obit up at the Iridium website, where Les Paul had a standing weekly gig.

Les Paul Obit @ Iridium

And as is so typical of me, I never went to go see him. I always think, "I'll catch a show next week", next thing you know, they're all gone.

Yeah, me too. I remember when he had the weekly gig at Fat Tuesday's. Ah, well. RIP, you genius.

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer..._type=&aq=f

[Harold_Z]

Sorry to see Les go. Les was somewhat local to where I live and I've seen him and met him on several occasions. Real nice guy. WBGO was playing some of his music earlier today. I heard "HHTMoon" , "Lover" and "Zing went tsomh". They sounded so good! When I was a kid a relative had the 78s (capitol?) and I listened. Also the was a 15 minute tv show every weekday - iircc around 3:30 pm. Just to realize what he did wiht multitrack recording makes him unique. What a giant!