KJ Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 Let's give it up for one of the true legends of popular music of the last 100 years as he celebrates his 85th birthday tomorrow, June 9th. This man has pioneered many of the things that us music professionals/hobbyists take for granted such as multi-track recording, tape flanging, low-impeadance pick-ups and of course the solid body guitar. Alot of people probably don't even connect that there is a real person behind that beautiful flamed maple-top guitar with the gleaming humbuckers hanging on the music store wall. Happy Birthday Les Paul and thank you for everything that you have done to make guitars and and music what they are today!!!! ------------------ KJ ------------------- bari man low KJ ------------------- "50 million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong" - John Prine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Happy Birthday to LES PAUL!!!! To steal with apologies from Winston Churchill: Never before in the history of guitar playing have so many owed so much to so few... well, one man... Les Paul ROCKS! guitplayer I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 If I could, (and HE could!)...I would have his children... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rold Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Originally posted by ricknbokker: If I could, (and HE could!)...I would have his children... Steve LOL good one! Happy bday mister les paul sir.. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 It's great to hear Les is still with us as I've heard no news about him in years. I wrote a report on him in like 6th grade (and I'm 40 something so that was awhile back); all about the stationary elbow set so he could still play guitar, the multitracking and of course his electric guitar research and signature instrument. What a true genius! Happy 85th Les! -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Happy birthday, Les! Thanks for multitrack, the Les Paul...and all that great music! "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrock1san.rr.com Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 MY Les Paul just turned 24 years old. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif He really is a legendary figure in music. He has such an amazing attitude and lack of ego. I tip my hat to the man....and long live the solid-body geetar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted June 10, 2001 Share Posted June 10, 2001 you want to learn more about les paul? get it from the horses mouth. just go see him on any given monday night in NYC at irridium. he's funny, cranky, he still plays great, and he'll talk your ear off at the bar between sets. -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 One thing we seldom think of regarding Mr. Paul is the accident that left him with that immobilized right elbow. I personnally benefitted from his misfortune,however, in that, as a child in the late 1950s I experienced a multiple fracture in one arm. Doctors set & reset my arm and it looked like I was going to wind up with a joint set rigidly in place. Luckily my father could afford to fly in these docs from Chicago who'd been trying to find a method solving the problem they'd had with Les's arm &, to my everlasting thanks, they were able to finally set my bones in a way that granted me full range of motion. Multitrack recording is cool 'n' all but Les's funky doctors get my thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrmac Posted June 17, 2001 Share Posted June 17, 2001 Well, my Belated Birthday wishes to Les Paul. I was lucky to have met him several times and attended his birthday party at the Iridium two years in a row. What a funny and nice guy! Not to mention a killer guitar player. At one party they were showing a clip from his TV Show and he was playing some licks that would make any shredmaster sweat, but Les was just pickin' and grinnin'. Has anyone seen the tribute video concert with Eddie Van Halen etc. It's very cool. Les attended the Christmas party at the studio where I worked a few years ago and I got the honor of giving him the studio tour. He asked technical questions about every piece of equipment in the place, half of which I couldn't answer. My Dad was right, Les Paul is the greatest! ------------------ Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan This message has been edited by gtrmac@hotmail.com on 06-18-2001 at 12:31 AM Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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