Les Paul Dies

[filkertom]

Incredible sadness. One of the true gods of both guitar making and rock and roll, Les Paul, has passed away at the age of 94. Hell of a musician, hell of an inventor, all-around genius. Rest well, sir, and thanks.

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thank you, Les Paul

[lizziecrowe.livejournal.com]

Thank you for making an instrument of creation, thank you for understanding it could be done, thank you for sharing your talent and your love with the world. We will miss you, and honor you when we play on your works.

Rest well.

[capplor.livejournal.com]

Tonight, I am breaking out my electric guitar & wailing as best I can.

I was told once that the seat I had just occupied had been vacated by him an hour earlier. I suppose that's the closest I could come to that kind of greatness.

[bluesmancd.livejournal.com]

Just about to pack the sunburst Les into the car, drive to my Thursday night gig, and bend a few notes in memory of a master. If I knew these guys could do Jazz, I'd grab a chart of How High the Moon.

I'll be overdubbing some vocals at the studio this weekend, too. Electric Guitars, multitrack recording, thanks for your genius Mr. Paul.

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Some very inventive radio also:
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLesPaulShow
has a bunch of 15 minute 1950 NBC radio shows he did by transcription, taking something highly produced and making it sound like those 15 minutes were real time.

[misterseth.livejournal.com]

He was the Stradivarious of our time. Rest in peace sir...

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Sad -- but a good run.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

HELL of a good run. He was playing with his trio every Monday night at the Iridium in NYC until the last bout of pneumonia. He couldn't NOT play!

Good journey to him.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reminding me. I have to hunt up his rendition of that song somewhere.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kilbia.livejournal.com]

Jeph Jacques did a pretty good memorial comic for him: here (http://www.questionablecontent.net)

[rook543.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, all other guitarists move up one notch! Congrats Tom!

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

He gave us SO much. With ALL his talents. I hate to think what music would have been like without him.