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Well, kinda....

rumor has it several Metroites will be at Les Paul's 8pm show Monday 12/10 at the Iridium Room on Broadway.

All locals urged to attend!

Indeed!

NitroLiq wrote:Indeed!

pete make sure you wear you EK outfit..

uh-oh.....

Then again, Les would probably love it!

St August wrote:

NitroLiq wrote:Indeed!

pete make sure you wear you EK outfit..

St August wrote:

NitroLiq wrote:Indeed!

pete make sure you wear you EK outfit..

Whats wrong with that?? I'll have my Mary Ford wig on...

Remember to be like Lester: itch your forehead with your middle finger.

thousandshirts wrote:Remember to be like Lester: itch your forehead with your middle finger.

Oh, come on! That was hilarious! Surely someone else saw the American Masters program on Les Paul earlier this year? It was on PBS locally. What a bunch of great footage. . . the first 8 tracks, lots of old Gibsons, a recording machine Bing Crosby gave him, lots of great tunes he recorded with Ford, the whole nine yards. Anyhow, during one of his sets at the NY, NY club, he is accompanying a singer, IIRC, and Les gives a little look and scratches his forehead with his middle finger. Oh, I died laughing. What a card. That guy is just BADASS in so many ways.

Have a wonderful time my friends, wish I could be there with you.

thousandshirts wrote:

thousandshirts wrote:Remember to be like Lester: itch your forehead with your middle finger.

Oh, come on! That was hilarious! Surely someone else saw the American Masters program on Les Paul earlier this year? It was on PBS locally. What a bunch of great footage. . . the first 8 tracks, lots of old Gibsons, a recording machine Bing Crosby gave him, lots of great tunes he recorded with Ford, the whole nine yards. Anyhow, during one of his sets at the NY, NY club, he is accompanying a singer, IIRC, and Les gives a little look and scratches his forehead with his middle finger. Oh, I died laughing. What a card. That guy is just BADASS in so many ways.

That's nutin'...the guy is a walking WISEASS as well!

Me, fill and Nirto (and ?) will post a full report!

Eargasm wrote:wish I could be there with you.

+1, Ear... hopefully next time. Come early enough, and maybe we'll all make a stop at "Lace", one of THE best "Gentlemens" clubs in the city, on 7th Ave, between 48th & 49th St, which is only about 3 blocks from the Irridium. Chief wants to go visit some guitar stores... guitars, schmitars... he dont know it yet, but Im gonna try to talk him into going there pre-show for a drink and a little close-up time with the honeys. (Some of them are SO hot, I dont know how the place dont burn down!!)

Had a good time last night! Met up with Chief and Fillmore over at Manny's and walked over to the Irridium. Burgers and good conversation for all. Chief's friend and his friend's son joined us and Les Came out.

Les Paul...93...God Bless him! Not as agile as he used to be but his humor is sharp as a razor blade. Really a fun time!

"Hey Les, what do you think about when your playing?
"My wife's sister! The fingering I learned from driving in NJ!" (shoots the bird at the audience)

He was flirting with the young bass player: "Most of me gets put on the night table at night! You make me feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole!" hahaha

Rick Neilsen from Cheap Trick came up and jammed on a tune as did Jon Paris and another chick jazz singer. Les' band was smoking.

Really fun night!

Man, what a great night last night in the city with some Metro (and other) friends!! Finally met NY Chief and NitroLiq (very cool dudes), and Chiefs friend Chris and his son Nick, equally cool. I guess its all the back and forth on the forum, but I felt like I've known y'all for years.
So here's the run down:
Met up with Chief at Rudy's Music Stop on 48th St, and we checked out some slick guitars there (we'll hook you up with SOME sort of Nat soon enough, Chief!!). Then we prowled a few other stores there, including Manny's, where we saw Jimi Hendrix's autographed pic, and some actual signed reciepts of Jimi's purchases. Chief noticed something that I dont think ANYONE ON GODS GREEN EARTH has ever noticed, which is that (in his opinion) Waylon Jennings can be mistaken for Jimi Hendrix ( ). This was news to me, and somehow, it still IS news to me, but apparently, Chief is a visionary. (We'll also hook you up with some new glasses, bro). So then we met up with Nitro, another great guy, and we all headed over to the Irridium. Chiefs buddy (Chris) and his son Nick showed up, and I gotta say before I go further, ALL these guys were just the best. Rarely do you meet people that you click with immediately, but these guys were like good ol' friends right from the get-go.
Anyway, a little bullshitting, a little dinner, a few cold ones, and then the living legend (NOT the Chief with his Jennings/Hendrix association... cause THAT observation has earned you legendary status, my friend) Les Paul came out with his trio (actually a quad-o) and did his thing. WHAT a performer. I mean forget about him being 92 or 93. His jazz/contemporary chops are nothing short of astounding, and are only eclipsed by his acid-spitting sense of humor. I mean the guy had us laughing our asses off half the time we were there, and the other half of the time, we were busy picking our collective jaws up off the floor with the musicianship being poured out. Just unreal.
The bass player is a blonde chick that has soul, chops and feel JAMMED up her a**. Unbelievably impressive. Les made a great joke about how he USED to have a male bassist, but now that he has a female bass player, he's gotta call it the Les Balls trio!! Funny as shit!! Equally impressive was the female singer he had as a guest for a couple of songs. The womans got SOUL, man.
The other guests were Jon Paris (ex-Johnny Winter bassist/guitarist/harmonica player), and he was excellent as well. Rick Neilsen from Cheap Trick also played a quick blues, but honestly, I think it was the general consensus that he wasnt that impressive. I thought Chief played MUCH better in the acoustic room at Manny's!!!
Well, anyway, it was just a really, really great time spent with a great bunch of guys, getting treated to some real musical history. I would strongly recommend anyone that has the opportunity to see this man in action to do so. He IS a living legend, and puts on a truly entertaining, professional, and flat out FUN show.
The one thing we ALL saw is that the man is just loving every minute he spends on stage doing what he does best: pouring it all out to the crowd, and getting it back in spades. I loved every minute of it, and hope to get the chance to meet up with you guys again (hopefully with some more forum members) and do it again while we can.

Thats a show I wouldve braved the Jersey turnpike to make if it was a weekend night.

Billy Batz wrote:Thats a show I wouldve braved the Jersey turnpike to make if it was a weekend night.

Yeah, but he only plays the place on Mondays... 8pm and 10pm. Totally worth it, even on a weeknight.