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JerseyRich
08-13-2009, 08:33 AM
1915-2009

http://www.fromthevaultradio.org/home/wp-content/images/FTV133_Les%20Paul/les%20paul.jpg

http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/lb/rock_annex_2_021208/les_paul_5216435.jpg

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<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e0ffdwBUL78&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></object>
burrben
08-13-2009, 08:33 AM
sad news
paracetamol flanders
08-13-2009, 08:37 AM
Les was more.
ANC
08-13-2009, 08:37 AM
http://www.onebullettest.com/MSGBRD/LP003.jpg

Taken at Iridium in '06. Wife (then gf) Valentines Day gift.

R.I.P. Les
A.J.
08-13-2009, 08:37 AM
Damn.

I always loved his cameo in the video for The Firm's "Satisfaction Guaranteed".
Charlie_Don't_Surf
08-13-2009, 08:38 AM
This is the the 2nd celebrity death this year that I've actually cared about.(Billy Mays is the other). I heard he still played at a local jazz club in the city. DAMN now I won't get to see him play.
Dougie Brootal
08-13-2009, 08:42 AM
damn... RIP.
ANC
08-13-2009, 08:44 AM
This is the the 2nd celebrity death this year that I've actually cared about.(Billy Mays is the other). I heard he still played at a local jazz club in the city. DAMN now I won't get to see him play.

I just thanked my wife for taking me. She's the bessst
jetdog
08-13-2009, 08:50 AM
damn, that dude could play...
A.J.
08-13-2009, 08:52 AM
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You know, watching this clip, Jeff Beck wasn't kidding when he said "I've copied more licks from Les Paul than I'd like to admit." You can see where "Jeff's Boogie" came from.
JerseyRich
08-13-2009, 08:56 AM
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Kublakhan61
08-13-2009, 08:56 AM
If you're interested Netflix has (for instant watch) a great doc on Les Paul called, Chasing Sound.

See it today, or own it on DVD/Blu-ray.
JerseyRich
08-13-2009, 08:58 AM
If you're interested Netflix has (for instant watch) a great doc on Les Paul called, Chasing Sound.

See it today, or own it on DVD/Blu-ray.

I watched this documentary last year for the first time with my Grandfather when he was visiting from England. He was a guitar player when he was younger and totally dug the movie...He'll be 93 the day after I turn 31 in December.
topless_mike
08-13-2009, 09:12 AM
im saddened. the entire music world lost one of our leaders.
TheMojoPin
08-13-2009, 10:17 AM
About fuckin' time.
JustJon
08-13-2009, 10:36 AM
This is the the 2nd celebrity death this year that I've actually cared about.(Billy Mays is the other). I heard he still played at a local jazz club in the city. DAMN now I won't get to see him play.

He did play regularly, and his birthday parties were major events every year.

When I graduated college, Les Paul was given an honorary degree. All of us were loud and rude thru the entire graduation until Les was given his degree and you could hear a pin drop. He then got to give an acceptance speech, "Congratulations to all the graduates." And the crowd went nuts. Standing ovation.
Doctor Z
08-13-2009, 12:27 PM
Made it to 94, and was apparently STILL PERFORMING weekly shows... If you can leave your house at 94, that's pretty impressive. This dude was still playing guitar for audiences.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6024055/Les-Paul.html
ANC
08-13-2009, 12:29 PM
Already a thread: http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=83104
Contra
08-13-2009, 01:20 PM
I thought he was already dead, wow, RIP
dino_electropolis
08-13-2009, 01:46 PM
I guess God needed an innovative guitar player.




boooooo.


RIP Les!
Devo37
08-13-2009, 02:08 PM
Les Nessman

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/les_nessman.jpg

still alive!
Gvac
08-13-2009, 02:13 PM
Talk about nailing it right out of the gate, Les Paul and Leo Fender did just that.

To this day every electric guitar on the market is compared to, or looks like a direct ripoff, of either a Fender or a Les Paul.

RIP, Les.
zildjian361
08-13-2009, 02:48 PM
as a drummer i prefer Fender, who knew his name was Leo? Les Paul Made a great guitar too rip.
nevnut
08-13-2009, 05:14 PM
RIP, Les.

:glurps:
FezPaul
08-13-2009, 06:02 PM
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk10/wok32/FezPaulsLesPaul.jpg

We're inconsolable.
RADIO-SHARK
08-13-2009, 06:04 PM
Les Paul liked talk radio and use to be a frequent caller to the Tom Snyder WABC nighttime show of the late 80,s like me.If I remember correctly he identified himself as Les from Mahwah.After he would call in , I would call in to Tom and use the guitar riff from ' How high the moon" as my intro to my famous Radio-shark Mathmatic Quiz as tribute to him. Good Times..


God Bless Les and Tom..
PapaBear
08-13-2009, 07:30 PM
We're inconsolable.
You were the first one I thought of...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/fezpaul.jpg
epo
08-13-2009, 07:34 PM
Tomorrow I'll be here.....:sad:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2702275537_3486767623.jpg?v=0
FezPaul
08-13-2009, 07:56 PM
You were the first one I thought of...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/fezpaul.jpg
One of my all time favorite photoshops. I've kept that file on my comp since you first posted it.
KC2OSO
08-13-2009, 08:18 PM
Vaya con dios mister. Thanks. I learned a lot from you. Much as you folks like to take the mick on old people, he was a great one. :bye:
tele7
08-13-2009, 08:50 PM
Sad news indeed. Rest in peace, Les. :down:

My parents bought me my first Gibson in 1978 and I still play it to this day.
mikeyboy
08-13-2009, 08:57 PM
I watched this documentary last year for the first time with my Grandfather when he was visiting from England. He was a guitar player when he was younger and totally dug the movie...He'll be 93 the day after I turn 31 in December.

31? You look awful.

RIP Lez Paul.