Les Paul Has Died at 94 - Page 4

AndyC · 08-13-09, 03:37 PM

RIP Les. Thanks for everything you did for all of us..

sinner · 08-13-09, 03:39 PM

Les had an amazing life, long and fruitful, thank you for everything!

Les Paul will live on in each one of us.

kalis · 08-13-09, 03:48 PM

Requiescat In Pace. Thank you, Les. You'll be missed. :(

SunburstKid · 08-13-09, 03:59 PM

Rest In Peace Les Paul.

M4cKan · 08-13-09, 04:42 PM

RIP, Les Paul...You Will be missed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP7qI5RVtxw&feature=fvw

veeman · 08-13-09, 04:54 PM

R.I.P Les Paul

92118 · 08-13-09, 05:00 PM

I saw the man at a demo in Falls Church, VA in '74. My buddy worked their so i got to see him in private and he signed my truss cover with a nail. Still have it on my 68 GT! The guy was a true legend and we owe him a lot of happiness. I'll be playin in his honor!

D'Mule · 08-13-09, 05:03 PM

He had a lot to be proud for. Leave's quite a legacy.

Cygnus X1 · 08-13-09, 05:06 PM

Challenge:
How did he touch you?

I have already said.
He was the type of man that could dream it up, build it, and not have to brag about it.

JJC · 08-13-09, 05:32 PM

Once in a great while someone comes along who's life is impossible to properly eulogize. I'm so glad to have lived during a piece of his time.

Cygnus X1 · 08-13-09, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJC

Once in a great while someone comes along who's life is impossible to properly eulogize. I'm so glad to have lived during a piece of his time.

That's a start.
No words to describe.
Sometimes the gentlest of men are the biggest influences.
Couldn't imagine Les paying out the knockout punch to a bully!
But to touch the world...that is a whole other story.

jacksplatz · 08-13-09, 05:44 PM

I have 5 lester pauls.
4 are with me...today they weep.
1 is still with dave johnson.
I am sure that it weeps as well.

I feel that with each passing year major pieces of our past are
being taken away from us.

Today all of our guitars gently weep.

marc1kim · 08-13-09, 05:47 PM

R.I.P. Les Paul. Great player, Innovator, & inventor of things musicians today take for granted. He's the name behind the best guitar ever!

Cygnus X1 · 08-13-09, 05:48 PM

+1000 jack.
Now we are getting into it.

To be clear, I have not found "mine".
It is out there, somewhere.

Todd Louis · 08-13-09, 05:55 PM

I went to the Iridium today to say good buy I sent dean a pic.

I did get to see him at lest!

thank you George for that.

moonweasel · 08-13-09, 06:03 PM

Todd,

Was anything going on there?

RE301 · 08-13-09, 06:09 PM

94 is a good run. Nothing to be sad about. He probably didn't live as long as he wanted to, but he wanted to as long as he lived. That's something to be happy about. Glad I had the chance to see him play. Glad he graced this planet.

ambercat57 · 08-13-09, 06:09 PM

Been at a loss for words. Proud to say I play a guitar with his name scripted on the headstock. RIP Les.

mtorres84315 · 08-13-09, 06:19 PM

Les is gone but will live forever in his and our music!

Tom Little · 08-13-09, 06:31 PM

RIP Les Paul....and thanks.

BadMotorScooter · 08-13-09, 06:33 PM

R.I.P. to the inventor of the greatest guitar ever! There should be a salute where everyone that owns a Les Paul plugs in at a specific time simultaniously to be heard around the world in his honor.

roadhog96 · 08-13-09, 06:33 PM

I applaud you Les, thanks for all you have done for the music world. You will be sadly missed by all of us. I still remember watching you and Mary back in the 50's in black and white TV. Thanks for the nice Les Paul guitar also. "RIP"

dean69 · 08-13-09, 06:43 PM

The Wizard of Waukesha - rest in peace! Thanks to you my life is filled with guitar tunes.

Jp

Todd Louis · 08-13-09, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moonweasel

Todd,

Was anything going on there?

I didnt really see they had tree bords out saying RIP and who he was his history but I just found out today.

I was with my GF all week today I was in the naborhood

marc1kim · 08-13-09, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadMotorScooter

There should be a salute where everyone that owns a Les Paul plugs in at a specific time simultaniously to be heard around the world in his honor.

A simultaneous E chord heard round the world would be cool!

rhubarbred · 08-13-09, 08:08 PM

Les Paul....while my guitar gently weeps.

toneshun · 08-13-09, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc1kim

R.I.P. Les Paul. Great player, Innovator, & inventor of things musicians today take for granted. He's the name behind the best guitar ever!

LOVED that finger i'm seeing Les saying "F@ck U, Grim Ripper!!" in that picture

i was so shocked when my guitar buddy told me about it just now~~

R.I.P., Les, you make ALOT of people happy for the most of the 20th century while you're here, and will continue to do so in the future everytime someone pickup YOUR guitar

**i was just playing alot with my LPC blackbeauty lately and just prop it up on the stand to gaze at her sexy curves... thanks for making these beauties for us, Mr. Paul

tojoe · 08-13-09, 08:59 PM

That guy fostered a joy for lifes blood sweat & tears. RIP..Les

mr. moon · 08-13-09, 09:39 PM

R.I.P.

-mr moon

guitcar · 08-13-09, 09:56 PM

i had the privilege to meet him august 13 2007 ! rest in peace lester,you made the world a better place

mikev · 08-13-09, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadMotorScooter

R.I.P. to the inventor of the greatest guitar ever! There should be a salute where everyone that owns a Les Paul plugs in at a specific time simultaniously to be heard around the world in his honor.

Much better than a candle!

What an amazing life. RIP.

Dr Mauz · 08-13-09, 10:29 PM

I just heard. Together with Leo Fender, he was one of America's great inventors. Rest in peace Mr Polfus.

toxpert · 08-13-09, 11:01 PM

RIP Les...you did a great job !

Big Tom · 08-13-09, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc1kim

A simultaneous E chord heard round the world would be cool!

This needs to happen!!!

Music would be totally different without the man.

Classic · 08-14-09, 01:33 AM

the dude who did so much for the Rock n Roll cause.

moonweasel · 08-14-09, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todd Louis

I didnt really see they had tree bords out saying RIP and who he was his history but I just found out today.

I was with my GF all week today I was in the naborhood

Cool, thanks for writing back.

hi-watt357 · 08-14-09, 06:02 AM

Thank you, Les, for all of your innovations and the guitars that bear your name!

Mike M. · 08-14-09, 06:19 AM

As others here have said.....what an amazing, wonderful life he had. The places he's been, the people he's met and the contibutions he made that have brought meaning and purpose to our lives.

God keep you, Les.

marc1kim · 08-14-09, 10:13 AM

Here's is a timeline of his life taken from the Rock Hall of Fame:

TIMELINE
June 9, 1915: Lester William Polsfuss – a.k.a. Les Paul – is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

1928: Les Paul begins performing country music as “Rhubarb Red” at the age of 13.

1939: Les Paul’s jazz trio performs at the White House at the request of President Roosevelt.

1941: Les Paul invents the first solidbody electric guitar.

1946: Les Paul temporarily drops out of music to work on a new guitar sound and recording style.

1947: The technique of multitracking is introduced to the world when Les Paul releases his first eight-track recordings.

1948: Les Paul nearly dies when his car skids off a bridge in a snowstorm.

1949: Les Paul marries singer Mary Ford, with whom he forms a highly successful musical duo.

1950: The Les Paul Show, featuring Paul, Ford and rhythm guitarist Eddie Stapleton, debuts on NBC Radio.

1951: “How High the Moon,” by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single.

1952: The Les Paul gold-top solidbody electric guitar is brought to the market by Gibson Guitars.

1953: “Vaya Con Dios,” by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. The song’s title translates as “May God Be With You.”

1954: Les Paul commissions Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder. It features a head, designed by Paul, that can record or play back tracks. Paul’s “Sel-Sync” (Selective Synchronization) design becomes the industry standard for 30 years.

1961: Gibson introduces the new Les Paul model, which has design changes made without Paul’s knowledge. At his request, it is renamed the Gibson SG, and the guitarist temporarily drops his endorsement contract with the guitar maker.

1967: Les Paul Now!, which features updated version of the guitarist’s earlier hits, is released on London Records.

1976: Chester and Lester, and album of guitar duets by Les Paul and Chet Atkins, is released on RCA. It will win a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

1978: Les Paul and Mary Ford are inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

1983: Les Paul receives the Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in recognition of his “significant contributions to the field of reocrding.”

1984: Les Paul begins a Monday-evening residency at a Greenwich Village club called Fat Tuesday, which will continue until 1995.

January 20, 1988: Les Paul is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 3rd annual induction dinner. Jeff Beck is his presenter.

February 2005: Les Paul is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

June 7, 2005: The Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition, a remastered collection of Les Paul and Mary Ford’s classic Fifties recordings, is released.

August 30, 2005: American Made/World Played, credited to Les Paul & Friends, is released on Capitol Records. It includes appearances by Eric Clapton, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Buddy Guy.

May 9, 2007: A film documentary entitled Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90 debuts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

November 10-15, 2008: Les Paul is honored as the 2008 American Music Master, part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s annual series.

August 13, 2009: At age 94, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital.

Browneyes · 08-14-09, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todd Louis

I went to the Iridium today to say good buy I sent dean a pic.

I did get to see him at lest!

thank you George for that.

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08-13-09, 03:37 PM	#121
AndyC Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Near the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac Posts: 1,977	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 RIP Les. Thanks for everything you did for all of us..

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sinner Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Expanse Posts: 3,536	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Les had an amazing life, long and fruitful, thank you for everything! Les Paul will live on in each one of us. __________________ Good tone.....cost good money Great tone.....years of practice

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kalis Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in a Noo Yawk state of mind Posts: 24	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Requiescat In Pace. Thank you, Les. You'll be missed. :( __________________ per ardua, et astra

08-13-09, 03:59 PM	#124
SunburstKid LPF Recording Artist Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: coming to a town near you Posts: 597	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Rest In Peace Les Paul.

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M4cKan Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 30	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 RIP, Les Paul...You Will be missed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP7qI5RVtxw&feature=fvw

08-13-09, 04:54 PM	#126
veeman Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Over There Posts: 874	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 R.I.P Les Paul

08-13-09, 05:00 PM	#127
92118 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 463	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 I saw the man at a demo in Falls Church, VA in '74. My buddy worked their so i got to see him in private and he signed my truss cover with a nail. Still have it on my 68 GT! The guy was a true legend and we owe him a lot of happiness. I'll be playin in his honor! __________________ Hey, woman, what you thinkin'? I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin' Albert Collins

08-13-09, 05:06 PM	#129
Cygnus X1 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sunny South Carolina Posts: 349	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Challenge: How did he touch you? I have already said. He was the type of man that could dream it up, build it, and not have to brag about it.

08-13-09, 05:32 PM	#130
JJC Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 855	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Once in a great while someone comes along who's life is impossible to properly eulogize. I'm so glad to have lived during a piece of his time.

08-13-09, 05:44 PM	#132
jacksplatz Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Frederick,Md Posts: 156	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 I have 5 lester pauls. 4 are with me...today they weep. 1 is still with dave johnson. I am sure that it weeps as well. I feel that with each passing year major pieces of our past are being taken away from us. Today all of our guitars gently weep. __________________

08-13-09, 05:47 PM	#133
marc1kim Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,577	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 R.I.P. Les Paul. Great player, Innovator, & inventor of things musicians today take for granted. He's the name behind the best guitar ever! __________________ "As with ANY instrument in a scenario like this....if you can hear it fine without reinforcement, it doesn't need to be in the PA..."

08-13-09, 05:48 PM	#134
Cygnus X1 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sunny South Carolina Posts: 349	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 +1000 jack. Now we are getting into it. To be clear, I have not found "mine". It is out there, somewhere.

08-13-09, 05:55 PM	#135
Todd Louis Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 13,974	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 I went to the Iridium today to say good buy I sent dean a pic. I did get to see him at lest! thank you George for that. __________________ The World Needs a MARSHALL ENEMA ! Brooklyn,Manhattan,Queens,Da Bronx, Staten Island..... NYC The Greatest Country in DA World....! "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." John Lennon

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moonweasel Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: On the road again... Posts: 7,857	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Todd, Was anything going on there? __________________

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RE301 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Between Sodom and the Sea of Japan Posts: 726	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 94 is a good run. Nothing to be sad about. He probably didn't live as long as he wanted to, but he wanted to as long as he lived. That's something to be happy about. Glad I had the chance to see him play. Glad he graced this planet. __________________ My day beats your year.

08-13-09, 06:09 PM	#138
ambercat57 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 99	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Been at a loss for words. Proud to say I play a guitar with his name scripted on the headstock. RIP Les.

08-13-09, 06:19 PM	#139
mtorres84315 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Washington County , PA Posts: 35	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Les is gone but will live forever in his and our music!

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Tom Little Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 165	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 RIP Les Paul....and thanks.

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BadMotorScooter Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cloverdale, BC Posts: 390	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 R.I.P. to the inventor of the greatest guitar ever! There should be a salute where everyone that owns a Les Paul plugs in at a specific time simultaniously to be heard around the world in his honor. __________________ I've got two words for Don Henley, Joe F#ckin' Walsh.

08-13-09, 06:33 PM	#142
roadhog96 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 557	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 I applaud you Les, thanks for all you have done for the music world. You will be sadly missed by all of us. I still remember watching you and Mary back in the 50's in black and white TV. Thanks for the nice Les Paul guitar also. "RIP"

08-13-09, 06:43 PM	#143
dean69 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: East of Kowloon Park Posts: 57	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 The Wizard of Waukesha - rest in peace! Thanks to you my life is filled with guitar tunes. Jp __________________ Ebony n Traditional - all valve amps http://joergpetersen.bandcamp.com/

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rhubarbred Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Down and to the right. Yeah, that's it.... Posts: 346	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Les Paul....while my guitar gently weeps.

08-13-09, 08:59 PM	#148
tojoe Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Lafs Posts: 230	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 That guy fostered a joy for lifes blood sweat & tears. RIP..Les

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guitcar Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: third stone from the sun Posts: 179	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 i had the privilege to meet him august 13 2007 ! rest in peace lester,you made the world a better place

08-13-09, 10:29 PM	#152
Dr Mauz Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 47	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 I just heard. Together with Leo Fender, he was one of America's great inventors. Rest in peace Mr Polfus. __________________ Play Don't Worry

08-13-09, 11:01 PM	#153
toxpert Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,440	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 RIP Les...you did a great job !

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Classic Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,316	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 the dude who did so much for the Rock n Roll cause.

08-14-09, 06:02 AM	#157
hi-watt357 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 172	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Thank you, Les, for all of your innovations and the guitars that bear your name! __________________ "I got Jackie Onassis in my pants." - The Dictators Scott.

08-14-09, 06:19 AM	#158
Mike M. Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,009	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 As others here have said.....what an amazing, wonderful life he had. The places he's been, the people he's met and the contibutions he made that have brought meaning and purpose to our lives. God keep you, Les.

08-14-09, 10:13 AM	#159
marc1kim Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,577	Re: Les Paul Has Died at 94 Here's is a timeline of his life taken from the Rock Hall of Fame: TIMELINE June 9, 1915: Lester William Polsfuss – a.k.a. Les Paul – is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 1928: Les Paul begins performing country music as “Rhubarb Red” at the age of 13. 1939: Les Paul’s jazz trio performs at the White House at the request of President Roosevelt. 1941: Les Paul invents the first solidbody electric guitar. 1946: Les Paul temporarily drops out of music to work on a new guitar sound and recording style. 1947: The technique of multitracking is introduced to the world when Les Paul releases his first eight-track recordings. 1948: Les Paul nearly dies when his car skids off a bridge in a snowstorm. 1949: Les Paul marries singer Mary Ford, with whom he forms a highly successful musical duo. 1950: The Les Paul Show, featuring Paul, Ford and rhythm guitarist Eddie Stapleton, debuts on NBC Radio. 1951: “How High the Moon,” by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. 1952: The Les Paul gold-top solidbody electric guitar is brought to the market by Gibson Guitars. 1953: “Vaya Con Dios,” by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. The song’s title translates as “May God Be With You.” 1954: Les Paul commissions Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder. It features a head, designed by Paul, that can record or play back tracks. Paul’s “Sel-Sync” (Selective Synchronization) design becomes the industry standard for 30 years. 1961: Gibson introduces the new Les Paul model, which has design changes made without Paul’s knowledge. At his request, it is renamed the Gibson SG, and the guitarist temporarily drops his endorsement contract with the guitar maker. 1967: Les Paul Now!, which features updated version of the guitarist’s earlier hits, is released on London Records. 1976: Chester and Lester, and album of guitar duets by Les Paul and Chet Atkins, is released on RCA. It will win a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. 1978: Les Paul and Mary Ford are inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. 1983: Les Paul receives the Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in recognition of his “significant contributions to the field of reocrding.” 1984: Les Paul begins a Monday-evening residency at a Greenwich Village club called Fat Tuesday, which will continue until 1995. January 20, 1988: Les Paul is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 3rd annual induction dinner. Jeff Beck is his presenter. February 2005: Les Paul is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. June 7, 2005: The Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition, a remastered collection of Les Paul and Mary Ford’s classic Fifties recordings, is released. August 30, 2005: American Made/World Played, credited to Les Paul & Friends, is released on Capitol Records. It includes appearances by Eric Clapton, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Buddy Guy. May 9, 2007: A film documentary entitled Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90 debuts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. November 10-15, 2008: Les Paul is honored as the 2008 American Music Master, part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s annual series. August 13, 2009: At age 94, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. __________________ "As with ANY instrument in a scenario like this....if you can hear it fine without reinforcement, it doesn't need to be in the PA..."