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• djangology Portland, OregonModerator

  August 2009 Posts: 1,024

  Les Paul, we'll miss you. :-(
  
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• CalebFSU Tallahassee, FLModerator Made in USA Dell Arte Hommage

  August 2009 Posts: 557

  Sad Sad day!

  Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard.
• patrus le sommelier ✭✭✭✭

  August 2009 Posts: 208

  3 pic of Les Paul with Django on my website here
  
  www.patrus53.com
  
  RIP Les Paul
  
  patrus

  musicalement
  patrus
  http://www.youtube.com/patrus53/
• Passacaglia Madison, WI✭✭✭✭

  August 2009 Posts: 1,471

  Passing of a titan. Friend sent me a WSJ blog, which has a nice interview with him - in the interview, he talks of Django (beg. at 1:49 of the video):
  
  http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/08/13/rip-les-paul/
  
  I love the line, speaking of Django:
  

  There's a right way and a wrong way to play, and he plays the right way.

  
  and, when he was told "a fellow named Django is here to see you," Paul's reply was:
  

  Well, send up Jesus Christ a case of beer!

  
  What a guy.
  
  "I like to play in a little joint where nobody bothers me."
  
  A great credo, great man.

  -Paul
  
  pas encore, j'erre toujours.
• Teddy Dupont Deity

  August 2009 Posts: 1,277

  Here is Les Paul and Mary Ford with Naguine and Babik after Django had died. Les Paul helped Naguine financially including getting her a better deal on royalties from Django's recordings.
  
  

  youtube.com/user/TeddyDupont
  youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  August 2009 Posts: 1,002

  Les paul was noy only a great guitarist and an innovator always looking to advance the sound of the instrument, but as Teddy points out, he was generous behind the scene as well. Plus, how many guitarists and other musicians did he do honor to by inviting them up to play with him on stage? Great guitarist and an even greater human being. And another direct link to Django gone...

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• a New York City✭✭✭✭

  August 2009 Posts: 800

  Wow.
  
  His ideas, music, and playing of gigs into old age are an inspiration.
  
  
  This also happened today-
  http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... r-dies/?hp

  Www.alexsimonmusic.com
  Learn how to play Gypsy guitar:
  http://alexsimonmusic.com/learn-gypsy-jazz-guitar/
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  August 2009 Posts: 3,707

  What a great loss to the music world

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Teddy Dupont Deity

  August 2009 Posts: 1,277

  Michael Bauer wrote:

  .... And another direct link to Django gone...

  Yes there must be very few (if any) left now.

  youtube.com/user/TeddyDupont
  youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
• CalebFSU Tallahassee, FLModerator Made in USA Dell Arte Hommage

  August 2009 Posts: 557

  Yeah Les Paul and Rasheid Ali, I have said it before this is a sad year for Jazz.

  Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard.