Members Peter Doubt Posted August 15, 2009 Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hey guys,I've been trying to point you to a treasure trove of Les Paul interviews for a long time. I'll try one more time: http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/stevejohnnie/wgnam-steve-johnnie-remembering-les-paul,0,6975991.story Click on the left for the interviews. They are great! I was so happy to be in Chi-Town and be able to here these live coming home from gigs. This is history. I know some are long, but that's what makes them great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halfnote Posted August 16, 2009 Members Share Posted August 16, 2009 As they say, a cold shot, to hear of LP's passing. There's not much I can say about LP as a musician, record producer or inventor that others haven't but there is one thing that I said here:http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2105311/gonew/1/RIP_Les_Paul#UNREADthat I'll repeat... I would like to mention a way he, or his life, directly affected me & undoubtedly others...but in a way you might not expect. As a child, in the mid-1950s, I broke my left arm smack through the elbow, totally mangling the joint. My father, fairly well-off & with connections to some of the best doctors in Detroit, had them set & reset the fracture several times. Finally they determined it would have to be left "frozen" in position. My father, however, knew of work done by some doctors in Chicago following the accident that LP had suffered years earlier & had them flown to Detroit to work on my arm, which was successfully set to allow full mobility (though it still has an alarming angle when held "straight"). Later, as my musical aspirations developed, that made it possible for me to become a guitarist. Sometimes our lives affect others in ways we never know. With full & complete respect, Darryl Weaver Below I'm collecting some of the surprisingly large amount of material available online about Les Paul.Please fell free to add something. online obits also (& frankly, more human) from the film "Chasing Sound"http://lespaulfilm.com/ the absolutely stunning Paulverizer device in actionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB...&playnext=1 & 13 segments of the film available as a block on YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAbH1b5HE...KfpCky8cphbcN-s the Booger Brothers radio station (get a glimpse of LP's sense of humor)http://lespaulfilm.com/clips.html beer commercial, interesting mainly as indicative of his name recognition w/the general publichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8O5wZAd2z4 documentary "The Wizard of Waukesha" parts 1~5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vomuse9tokhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1dmh1XA2whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuXLUUJA0Rshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOFjfK4juREhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAP7Bs6UZ0 Les Paul interviews on NPRadio from 1992, rebroadcast on 8-14-09This is a very interesting recording as LP mentions @ the 18 minute mark), casually & without elaboration, 2 devices that he created that I've found no info on, yet. One for the piano & the other, some sort of blood pressure device !!http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111888401 on Mary McPartland's Piano Jazz Show 1999includes performanceshttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111865107 birthday profile 2005includes performanceshttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4697875 from 1950s TVLP explains his recordings (watch out for the humour!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YA_RINQySUVarious Les & Mary clips more recently w/Chet Atkinshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfjD680wQJIthe Les & Chet Humor Show The Guitar ShowLP tells about his beginningshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUEJjyf8a-Ytalks with Jimmy Pagelive w/Jeff Beck(check LP unplug JB's guitar!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrC_oqWq2pU career overview including close ups of LP playing in his later daysnotice the hand problems Also catch the overhand lick in the 1950s clip ! & where he is now, Sitting On Top of The World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted August 17, 2009 Members Share Posted August 17, 2009 Here's our own tribute on HC: http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/les_paul_tribute/ I was also a guest on Brian Hardgroove's FuseBox radio show, which was dedicated to Les. He's going to send me a copy and hopefully I can post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members john_p_t Posted August 18, 2009 Members Share Posted August 18, 2009 Have posted this in the electric guitar forum, but it's really about recording. **** Hope this is forgivably of enough interest to y'all for me to post it here: http://thequietus.com/articles/02524-les-paul-obituary-a-sonic-pioneer-beyond-the-guitar Feel free to tell me how many things I've got completely wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 18, 2009 Members Share Posted August 18, 2009 Cool article, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor Davis Posted August 18, 2009 Members Share Posted August 18, 2009 Have posted this in the electric guitar forum, but it's really about recording. **** Hope this is forgivably of enough interest to y'all for me to post it here: http://thequietus.com/articles/02524-les-paul-obituary-a-sonic-pioneer-beyond-the-guitar Feel free to tell me how many things I've got completely wrong Great article. Veddy interesting. Thanks for shareing this. Did you write it john? if so then kudos to you and thanks for shareing. TD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members john_p_t Posted August 18, 2009 Members Share Posted August 18, 2009 Yes, I wrote it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 18, 2009 Members Share Posted August 18, 2009 Here's my little Les Paul story, if you hadn't read it elsewhere... http://zakclaxton.blogspot.com/2009/08/les-paul-1915-2009.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Gnash Posted August 19, 2009 Members Share Posted August 19, 2009 I met Les Paul once at an AES show in New York. But unfortunately I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halfnote Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 I met Les Paul once at an AES show in New York. But unfortunately I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted August 24, 2009 Members Share Posted August 24, 2009 Here is a link to the complete movie "Chasing Sound". http://www.hulu.com/watch/91100/les-paul---chasing-sound It's free on Hulu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I don't know if this has already been posted or not, but it's a cool clip from their TV show: http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/lespaul/video.html Cue it up to a bit more than 1/3rd of the way - Les was a burner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 I've always been kind of proud of the fact, that Les Paul and I share the same birthday. How cool is that ??? Q: I've seen "the Log", it used to be in Nashville, but does anyone know where it is at now??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Watt Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 Halfnote! What you're saying about your elbow is analagous to my Les Paul influence, other than having a '58 P.A.F. style humbucker as my main lead pickup. It was thinking about his digging an echo chamber out of solid rock behind his house that helped give me the confidence to further my own guitar invention.Peter Doubt! So you think the length of Les Paul's interviews and writings are what makes them great? You should see the insulting posts that also complain about my fontage here in DIY. When you have a lot to say, what else can you say?as always, John Watt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrohmite Posted August 6, 2010 Members Share Posted August 6, 2010 i recently met a local studio owner that had a very close relationship with lesabout a year or so before he passed away Les gave my friend the schematic for a preamp that Les designed that has never been built this guy is going to build it but only for use in his studio -it will not be commercially available a cool lil tidbit of knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted August 7, 2010 Members Share Posted August 7, 2010 A friend with Les Paul in 2006. They were very good friends and spoke to eachother every year on their birthdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members driz Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 About ten years ago, I spent four hours with Les and Rusty in a NYC hotel room from 1AM to 5AM playing guitars, but mostly talking with Les about his life story. I had a DAT machine running the entire time. Someday I'm going to transfer that conversation to MP3 and put it on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halfnote Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Halfnote! What you're saying about your elbow is analagous to my Les Paul influence... Er, well , what I was referring to wasn't influence]/i] but the way we can be affected by others in ways unpredictable.LP was an influence on me but more regarding the craft of music & recording than his playing itself, great as he was in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonfinn Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 A friend of mine, Ernie Boch is a local legend because of his car dealership empire. I've known Ernie since he was a kid. We went to Berklee together. Anyway, he called me one day and asked if I wanted to fly to NYC to see Les Paul at Iridium. This photo is (L to R) Ernie, Barry Goudreau (from the band Boston), Johnny A., and me. When we arrived, Johnny had met Les previously and arranged for us all to met Les that afternoon. During that conversation, Les invited me up to jam. This photo was taken that night: Les passed away a month later. An unforgettable night in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted May 23, 2011 Members Share Posted May 23, 2011 If you have an interest, the fellow in my picture above is Billy Mure. Billy is 95 years old and still plays every Sunday evening at Squidlips restaurant in Sebastian, Fl. He's played there for seven years so far. Billy knew Les for MANY years and they were good buddies when they both played as studio guitar guys in NYC. Billy played on a total of 12 number one songs that I have found so far in the '50's and '60's. Here's a video that I shot of Billy's 93rd birthday:[video=youtube;eAZTdjfa0Tw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frankdp Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 I had the great pleasure of seeing Les play and meeting him after the gig in NYC at the Iridium. He was kind enough to sign my pickguard and I was lucky enough to grab a short video of his act. This was among the greatest nights of my life. Enjoy the vid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nelson1234 Posted January 30, 2012 Members Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hi! i am nelson new here........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mindido Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I don't know if anyone is interested, but I was in this place this past week having a stereo amp fixed and found they had a few pieces from Les Paul's studio for sale. They had some old Macintosh tube amps as well as two Altec speakers that are similar to the old Voice of the Theaters but are triangularly shaped (to fit in a corner). I think the guy said there is the Altec horn and two 15" drivers in each cabinet. I think each cabinet is also on wheels. I used to own four Voice of the Theater's back in the 70's so I know they sound good so I'm sure these probably sound very good. But if you're interested do have some deep pockets as they're not giving the stuff away. I'd love to have the Macintosh's but can't afford it at the moment. http://www.soundsclassic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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