Les Paul to release 5 new CDs soon!

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 7 Jun 2005 4:56 pm

...and the first one available is his first 'rock' effort. Heard a bit on NPR the other morning along with a short interview, both were great.

After doing a google search, I can't believe there is no TAB for anything by Les!?!

Burr Oxley · Post by **Burr Oxley** » 7 Jun 2005 8:13 pm

MORE INFO PLEASE!!!!

I'm an absolute Les Paul fan, and will seek them out immediately!

Kiyoshi Osawa · Post by **Kiyoshi Osawa** » 8 Jun 2005 6:55 am

in the words of chet atkins:

'... you know, I'm the biggest Les Paul fan there are..'

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Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 8 Jun 2005 10:41 am

Burr, they aren't out yet, but soon.

To hear the interview, go to www.npr.org
The front page still has it near the bottom, just click it.
Later, to find it, just type Les Paul in the 'search' box, and you'll get that and more on good ol' Les.
Still playing great at 90!

Chris Forbes · Post by **Chris Forbes** » 8 Jun 2005 11:15 am

Can anyone recommend a good jazz album of his that I should pick up? I didn't really care too much for the stuff he did with Mary Ford and prefer straight ahead jazz.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 8 Jun 2005 11:36 am

After his recording heydays with Mary, his solo output was quite meager it seems. I too don't care much for his 'popular' stuff and much prefer his slower, low profile material that he's been doing for decades now.
Much tastier to me.

If you can find it, his appearance on Marian McPartland's radio show a few years back was terrific. A nice mix of talk and playing between the two.

He's usually lurking in the background during most any 'The Joey Reynolds Show' radio program, and sometimes chimes in with his typically interesting tidbits.

I got to ask Les about Paul Bigsby once on Larry King's old radio show, and all he sed was "he stole my vibrato".

Brett Foster · Post by **Brett Foster** » 8 Jun 2005 3:49 pm

Folks,
I had the pleasure of seeing Les Paul live at his Iridium club in NY last week, very tasty trad jazz and he is still a class guitar player even though his hands look fairly restricted these days He mentioned his new CD's, one in each of 5 different musical genres if I remember correctly,

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Regards,
Brett Foster,
Brisbane Australia
(Shobud Maverick 3+1)

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 8 Jun 2005 3:51 pm

You lucky .....!

Kiyoshi Osawa · Post by **Kiyoshi Osawa** » 9 Jun 2005 6:59 am

Chris,

Have you heard the "Guitar Monsters" double LP? Chet Atkins and Les Paul. impossible to describe with words! There's a nice mix of genres and tempos, and if I'm not mistaken, a little steel here and there as well.

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Chris Forbes · Post by **Chris Forbes** » 9 Jun 2005 9:11 am

Thanks, no, I haven't heard it, I'll see if I can dig it up somewhere. I've always enjoyed Chet Atkins' pickin', so I can't go wrong now can I?

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 9 Jun 2005 10:33 am

Today is Les' birthday!

HAPPY 90th LES!! KEEP 'EM COMING!

Steve Frost · Post by **Steve Frost** » 10 Jun 2005 1:39 pm

There's another album, which I think precedes Guitar Monsters, called Chester and Lester, same lineup. Good stuff!

Burr Oxley · Post by **Burr Oxley** » 13 Jun 2005 6:39 pm

Thanks to Ron Whitfield for the link and info on the new Les Paul releases!

To you others who'd like some Les Paul stuff other than that with Mary Ford, see if you can find his Collectables CD "The Columbia Singles." (There is some Mary Ford on this CD, too.) Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NF3E/104-1735084-4975927?v=glance[/UR L]

It contains a little goodie which has delighted the heck out of me for almost 45 years: "Mountain Railroad." To me, this is about the "butt-kickingest" little instrumental I've ever heard.

Here's a link with a TON of Les Paul stuff, and 30-second Windows Media Player clips of the songs on the CD's represented. Get your credit cards ready, folks!

Link: [url=http://www.cdconnection.com/bin/nph-search?target=les+paul+&+mary+ford&source=adwords]http://www.cdconnection.com/bin/nph-search?target=les+paul+&+mary+ford&source=adwords <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Burr Oxley on 13 June 2005 at 08:10 PM.]</p></FONT>