Michael O'Hair
2009-08-13
Absolutely nothing to do with bicycles....
Les Paul died today at age 94. Listen to any popular music and you're hearing his influence. Sound on sound, echo, multi-tracking, He started it all. There is a great documentary of him called "Chasing The Sound" that shows him playing in "a saloon" in Manhattan when he was 91. I was lucky enough to meet him years ago. His advice to a young guitar slinger was "Take a small cut of the gross. When they get done doing the books, there won't be any net."
We should all be so lucky to spend our lives doing what we love best and having a lot of fun doing it.
Vaya Con Dios, Lester.