Just got this new baby and she definitely can sing,
long neck tenon, 1 piece body, roaring p-90, i’m just loving it!
i’m plugged in the new Blackstar Combo Ht-5 on the overdrive channel,
enjoy,
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04Feb
Jeff Beck w/Imelda May Les Paul Tribute 1/31 Grammys (TheAudioPerv.com)
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http://www.theaudioperv.com Jeff Beck w/Imelda May performed a tribute to the late Les Paul at the Grammys on 1/31/10. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/theaudioperv
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CHEAP TRICKS celebrate their 35th anniversary together. Following a solo guitar rendition of the national anthem to kick-off the game by Orianthi, the luminary guitarist who stars in Michael Jacksons This Is It movie and who herself has a current hit song entitled According To You.” A halftime performance by CHEAP TRICKS Rick Nielsen who was joined by Brian Ray of the Paul McCartney band and Orianthi herself for a Gibson Guitar Tribute to Les Paul. The Gibson Guitar Tribute was an idea conceived by its musical director, Brian Ray that will also feature 100 guest youth guitarists.
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Johnny is the boy for me-e
Always knew that he would be-e
But I never caught his eye
He would alway pass me by
Never had a glance for me
Though I loved him from the start
And I told my eager heart
Johnny is the boy for me
Johnny is the boy for me-e
Always knew that he would be-e
Though he doesn’t know my name
I would play a waiting game
Knowing he would come to me
Ever since the world began
Woman always got a man
And Johnny is the boy for me
Johnny is the boy for me-e
Always knew that he would be-e
And one day he came my way
Having only this to say
Darling would you marry me
It was easy to decide
Yes my darling, I replied
Johnny, you’re the boy for me
Johnny, you’re the boy for me
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This is an old Romanian song. The original title is ”Sanie cu zurgalai” (Romanian for “Sledge with Bells”). Under the the title ”Johnny tu n’es pas un ange” It was also performed by Edith Piaf , Vaya con Dios, Gilda Giuliani, Chantal Câlin, Charlotte Yanni , Candan Erçetin etc.
(Information from Romanisipunctum )
See also:
Zvonko Bogdan - Kada padne prvi sneg
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Les Paul and Stanley Jordan jamming during an instrumental version of “Georgia” during the 1988 “Les Paul & Friends” tribute concert.
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David Gimour jamming at a 1988 Les Paul tribute concert entitled “Les Paul & Friends”.
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RT @mrjyn http://bit.ly/lofiw #video #followfriday #youtube AND Follow @mrjyn http://twitter.com/mrjyn OR @nichopoulouzo …Les Paul - Spinal Tap Jam
Hey, guitar freaks: Is there a name for “one of” Les’s signature ‘lix’ @ 1:57 1:58 1:59 ? it’s like a harmonic, hammer-on, skiboodabadabble, but i know thereunto’ll be some guy from Berkley or somewhere who knows the technical jargon?
And while you’re at it, guy from Berkley: did Les Paul invent it? And while you’re chicken’ that out: What are 10 guitar ‘techniques’ that are unique-to, or that were invented and employed-by Les Paul?
thanks
NICHOPOULOUZO
“I was playing an apologetic, sweet little instrument that was always in the background. It had a lot to say but nobody could hear it. I was playing a little drive-in barbecue stand outside of Waukesha, and one of the guys in the rumble seat wrote a note to the carhop and said, ‘Red, your voice, your jokes, your singing, your harmonica is fine, but the guitar’s not loud enough.’ I went home to my mother and said, ‘Mom, one of the critics at the barbecue stand just lit the light for me that the guitar has to be amplified also.”‘
LES PAUL
Birthname: Lester William Polsfuss
Age: 91; born June 9, 1915.
Now lives in: Mahwah, N.J.
Innovations: Developed prototype for solid-body electric guitar produced by Gibson; developed recording techniques such as close miking, multitracking and use of echo and delay; introduced first eight-track tape player in 1950s; built early model synthesizer.
Paul wears one modern gadget when he performs. What looks like a standard hearing aid actually doubles as a miniature wireless monitor speaker that allows him to better hear his band onstage.
“He’s always looking at new technologies,” Marty Garcia, president of Future Sonics, which makes the ear monitors. “He’ll call me at 9 o’clock at night and we’ll be on the phone for hours.”
Arthritis in his left hand prevents Paul from playing the lightning-fast scales for which he was known in his heyday, but he has adapted his style to combine chords and single-note runs. He nearly lost his right arm in a car accident in 1948, but persuaded doctors to set it at an angle that would allow him to still play the guitar.
“I said, ‘Aim it at my navel and I’ll be just fine,”‘ he recalled. “The rest is history.” Paul is an engaging raconteur with an extraordinary ability to recall the details of his more than seven decades in show business — like the time in the 1970s when he was approached by country-and-western star Chet Atkins…”Chet said, ‘I’ll play my violin and sing and you’ll play your banjo and your harmonica and we’ll do all the things we’re not known for,”‘ Paul said. “Well, I was terrible on the harmonica, terrible on the banjo and I sang just as bad as I always do. And Chet was no better, so between the two of us we were horrible. I said to Chet, ‘Don’t you think we should do what we can do best?”‘ The result was a Grammy-winning album, one in an almost endless number of awards and accolades Paul has received. He is likely the only person who has been honored by separate national halls of fame for broadcasting, inventing, song writing and rock ‘n’ roll. The story of Paul’s role in the development of the solid-body electric guitar in the 1940s has become part of rock folklore: how he fashioned an early version out of a piece of railroad track before settling on a more manageable size and weight. (Around the same time, Fullerton, Calif.-based Leo Fender was developing an electric guitar that remains Gibson’s chief competitor.)
Once Paul developed a reliable prototype, he immediately began to experiment with altering the basic sounds of the guitar, and laid the groundwork for the reverb pedals, flanges and other effects guitarists use today.
Gibson began mass-producing the Les Paul model in 1952, and it eventually became the instrument of choice for generations of rock musicians, many of whom grew up unaware that its brand name refers to a person.
More than 80 years later, his influence on popular music is incalculable, largely due to his early use of recording techniques such as multitracking, delay and echo. His 90th birthday at Carnegie Hall in 2005 drew a diverse roster of guitarists including Peter Frampton, Jose Feliciano, Steve Miller and Edgar Winter, and he collaborated with Frampton, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and others on a rock album, Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played.
Waukesha (Wis.) County Historical Society, in the town where he grew up.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History also is discussing an exhibit. “He has far more artifacts of interest and significance than any one institution could take,” said John Fleckner, the Smithsonian museum’s senior archivist. “There’s no question that we would welcome a donation of materials from someone as significant in so many different ways as him.”
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Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 August 13, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible.” His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as “sound on sound” and tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.
In the 1930s, Paul worked in Chicago in radio, where he performed jazz music. Paul’s first two records were released in 1936. One was credited to Rhubarb Red, Paul’s hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues artist Georgia White.
In January 1948, Paul was injured in a near-fatal automobile accident in Oklahoma, which shattered his right arm and elbow. Doctors told Paul that there was no way for them to rebuild his elbow in a way that would let him regain movement, and that his arm would remain permanently in whatever position they placed it in. Paul then instructed the surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. It took him a year and a half to recover.
Les Paul died on August 13th, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia; He was 94 years old.
“The Log”
Paul was dissatisfied with the acoustic guitars that were sold in the mid 1930s and began experimenting with a few designs for an electric model on his own. Famously, he created “The Log,” which was nothing more than a length of common 4″ x 4″ lumber with bridge, guitar neck, and pickup attached. For the sake of appearance, he attached the body of an Epiphone hollow-body guitar, sawn lengthwise with The Log in the middle. This solved his two main problems: feedback, as the acoustic body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and sustain, as the energy of the strings was not dissipated in generating sound through the guitar body.
Les Paul and “the Les Paul”
Paul’s innovative guitar, “The Log”, built in 1939, was one of the first solid-body electric guitars.(Leo Fender also independently created his own solid-body electric guitar around the same time and Adolph Rickenbacher had marketed a solid-body guitar in the 30s). Gibson Guitar Corporation designed a guitar incorporating Paul’s suggestions in the early fifties, and presented it to him to try. He was impressed enough to sign a contract for what became the “Les Paul” model (originally only in a “gold top” version), and agreed never to be seen playing in public, or be photographed, with anything other than a Gibson guitar.
The arrangement persisted until 1961, when declining sales prompted Gibson to change the design without Paul’s knowledge, creating a much thinner, lighter, and more aggressive-looking instrument with two cutaway “horns” instead of one. Paul said he first saw the “new” Gibson Les Paul in a music store window, and disliked it. Though his contract required him to pose with the guitar, he said it was not “his” instrument, and asked Gibson to remove his name from the headstock. (Others claimed that Paul ended his endorsement contract with Gibson during his divorce, to avoid having his wife to get his endorsement money.) Gibson renamed the guitar “Gibson SG” (which stands for “Solid Guitar”), and it also became one of the company’s best sellers.
The original Gibson Les Paul guitar design regained popularity when Eric Clapton began playing the instrument a few years later (although he also played an SG and an ES-335). Paul resumed his relationship with Gibson, and endorsed the original Les Paul guitar from then on (though his personal Gibson Les Pauls were much modified by him — Paul always used his own self-wound pickups and customized switching on his guitars). To this day, various models of Gibson Les Paul guitars are used all over the world, by both novice and professional guitarists. A less expensive version of the Les Paul guitar is also manufactured for Gibson’s lower-priced Epiphone brand.
On August 13, 2009, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY. His family and friends were by his side.
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28Aug
Tribute - FULL - Les Paul - B.B. King, Eddie Van Halen, Jan Hammer, Steve Miller, David Gilmour
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Les Paul Tribute - B.B. King, Eddie Van Halen, Jan Hammer, Steve Miller, David Gilmour
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Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 August 13, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible.” His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as “sound on sound” and tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.
Biography
He was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin to George and Evelyn Polsfuss.The family name was first simplified by his mother to Polfuss before he took his stage name of Les Paul. He also used the nickname “Red Hot Red”.
Paul first became interested in music at the age of eight, when he began playing the harmonica. After an attempt at learning to play the banjo, he began to play the guitar. By 13, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist. At the age of 17, Paul played with Rube Tronson’s Texas Cowboys, and soon after he dropped out of high school to join Wolverton’s Radio Band in St. Louis, Missouri on KMOX.
In the 1930s, Paul worked in Chicago in radio, where he performed jazz music. Paul’s first two records were released in 1936. One was credited to Rhubarb Red, Paul’s hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues artist Georgia White.
In January 1948, Paul was injured in a near-fatal automobile accident in Oklahoma, which shattered his right arm and elbow. Doctors told Paul that there was no way for them to rebuild his elbow in a way that would let him regain movement, and that his arm would remain permanently in whatever position they placed it in. Paul then instructed the surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. It took him a year and a half to recover.
Les Paul died on August 13th, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia; He was 94 years old.
“The Log”
Paul was dissatisfied with the acoustic guitars that were sold in the mid 1930s and began experimenting with a few designs for an electric model on his own. Famously, he created “The Log,” which was nothing more than a length of common 4″ x 4″ lumber with bridge, guitar neck, and pickup attached. For the sake of appearance, he attached the body of an Epiphone hollow-body guitar, sawn lengthwise with The Log in the middle. This solved his two main problems: feedback, as the acoustic body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and sustain, as the energy of the strings was not dissipated in generating sound through the guitar body.
Les Paul and “the Les Paul”
Paul’s innovative guitar, “The Log”, built in 1939, was one of the first solid-body electric guitars.(Leo Fender also independently created his own solid-body electric guitar around the same time and Adolph Rickenbacher had marketed a solid-body guitar in the 30s). Gibson Guitar Corporation designed a guitar incorporating Paul’s suggestions in the early fifties, and presented it to him to try. He was impressed enough to sign a contract for what became the “Les Paul” model (originally only in a “gold top” version), and agreed never to be seen playing in public, or be photographed, with anything other than a Gibson guitar.
The arrangement persisted until 1961, when declining sales prompted Gibson to change the design without Paul’s knowledge, creating a much thinner, lighter, and more aggressive-looking instrument with two cutaway “horns” instead of one. Paul said he first saw the “new” Gibson Les Paul in a music store window, and disliked it. Though his contract required him to pose with the guitar, he said it was not “his” instrument, and asked Gibson to remove his name from the headstock. (Others claimed that Paul ended his endorsement contract with Gibson during his divorce, to avoid having his wife to get his endorsement money.) Gibson renamed the guitar “Gibson SG” (which stands for “Solid Guitar”), and it also became one of the company’s best sellers.
The original Gibson Les Paul guitar design regained popularity when Eric Clapton began playing the instrument a few years later (although he also played an SG and an ES-335). Paul resumed his relationship with Gibson, and endorsed the original Les Paul guitar from then on (though his personal Gibson Les Pauls were much modified by him — Paul always used his own self-wound pickups and customized switching on his guitars). To this day, various models of Gibson Les Paul guitars are used all over the world, by both novice and professional guitarists. A less expensive version of the Les Paul guitar is also manufactured for Gibson’s lower-priced Epiphone brand.
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24Aug
Les Paul R.I.P. (June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009)
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90th-birthday celebration at the Iridium Jazz Club and the accolades that follow (induction into National Inventors Hall of Fame, Grammy-winning rock duets album with Jeff Beck, lifetime achievement award from Songwriters Hall of Fame) provide the verité framing device for Mr. Pauls lively recollections of his remarkable life. PREMADE OBITUTWEET Here: RT @mrjyn Les Paul #R.I.P. - http://bit.ly/BhJmn - June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009 via @mrjyn Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009 STAY TUNED @mrjyn http://twitter.com/mrjyn for more Les Paul tribute news. UPDATE: FULL POST HERE: http://bit.ly/zF05S via http://www.visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible.” FROM THE DOCUMENTARY: ‘Les Paul - Chasing Sound!’ The legendary Les Paul, father of the solid-body electric guitar, inventor of overdubbing and multi-track recording, king of the 50s pop charts and architect of rock n roll, tells his own rags-to-riches story in a performance-documentary by filmmakers John Paulson and James Arntz, with a wall-to-wall soundtrack of the greatest hits from “Tiger Rag” to “My Generation.” An evocative blend of interviews, vintage film and television clips, recordings, radio show excerpts, still photographs, advertising art, personal memorabilia and a rich variety of stylish location B-roll illustrate Mr. Pauls narrative and examine his accomplishments in the distinctive in-depth style of American Masters. The intricate technology and sensuous beauty of solid-body electric guitars would not exist without the contributions of Les Paul. He gave birth to what is now, hands down, THE most influential instrument in modern American music. Les Paul has been chasing the perfect sound since his boyhood in Waukesha, Wisconsin, when he punched new chords into his mothers piano roll and turned his bedsprings into a radio antenna which would pull in the raucous jazz broadcasts from Chicago and the lonesome harmonica from the Grand Old Opry. Irascible, egotistical, indefatigable, an inveterate tinkerer and practical joker, hes the last of that self-educated, brilliantly innovative generation of musicians and media pioneers who revolutionized popular music and re-invented the global culture. At 90, Les Paul is still bursting with curiosity and brimming over with optimism, exuberance, and unadorned charm that’s one-hundred percent contagious. Les Paul - Chasing Sound! 90-minute performance documentary on the life and accomplishments of an American legend Television Music and WNET/Thirteen American Masters. WIKI: His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as “sound on sound” and tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording. He was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin to George and Evelyn Polsfuss. The family name was first simplified by his mother to Polfuss before he took his stage name of Les Paul. He also used the nickname “Red Hot Red”. Paul first became interested in music at the age of eight, when he began playing the harmonica. After an attempt at learning to play the banjo, he began to play the guitar. By 13, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist. At the age of 17, Paul played with Rube Tronson’s Texas Cowboys, and soon after he dropped out of high school to join Wolverton’s Radio Band in St. Louis, Missouri on KMOX. In the 1930s, Paul worked in Chicago in radio, where he performed jazz music. Paul’s first two records were released in 1936. One was credited to Rhubarb Red, Paul’s hillbilly alter ego, and the other was as an accompanist for blues artist Georgia White.
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