Great Television
Val and I just watched "Les Paul: Chasing Sound," a great documentary on the life of still-performing guitarist and musical/studio recording innovator Les Paul, who is age 92 and won two Grammy Awards in 2006, on Channel 17, WNED-TV.
The man who lent his name to possibly the greatest electric guitar, the Gibson Les Paul (along with the Fender Telecaster), and successfully introduced multi-tracking to the recording studio, Les Paul is best known for a long string of major hits with singer Mary Ford (his former wife) in the 1950s just before rock and roll took over the charts, including classics such as "Vaya Con Dios."
One great scene ended the film: he was first shown at his sister's 100th birthday party in 1988, and started playing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for her; this segued to Paul playing a beautiful, mournful version of the song at a New York club in either 2006 or 2007, ending in a standing ovation.
Here's to many more years of Les Paul.
The man who lent his name to possibly the greatest electric guitar, the Gibson Les Paul (along with the Fender Telecaster), and successfully introduced multi-tracking to the recording studio, Les Paul is best known for a long string of major hits with singer Mary Ford (his former wife) in the 1950s just before rock and roll took over the charts, including classics such as "Vaya Con Dios."
One great scene ended the film: he was first shown at his sister's 100th birthday party in 1988, and started playing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for her; this segued to Paul playing a beautiful, mournful version of the song at a New York club in either 2006 or 2007, ending in a standing ovation.
Here's to many more years of Les Paul.
posted by Kevin J. Hosey at 11:25 PM
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