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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Les Paul and Chet Atkins



RIP. Chicher posted this video for Les Paul's 94th birthday, and also quoted a nice tribute to Les by Gibson guitars. I own a Epiphone Les Paul, and while there are some legendary guitars out there, for electrics the two biggest are probably the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul. It'd be difficult to list how much great music's been made on that style of guitar, and hard to overestimate how influential Les Paul was. Les was still playing away at an advanced age, having fun and entertaining audiences, and that's probably what kept him going. Thanks for the music, and rest in peace, Les.

Eclectic Jukebox

1 comment:

Comrade PhysioProf said...

Beautiful guitar playing. But what the fuck is up with Atkins's suit? He looks like a motherfucking undertaker.