Boing Boing is reporting that PBS will be airing a documentary about Les Paul on July 11, 2007 at 9:00 P.M. EST. From the PBS page:
Among inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, his name comes alphabetically after Louis Pasteur. In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it follows Parliament-Funkadelic. This singular distinction belongs to Les Paul, whose insatiable curiosity and experiments gave us the musical instrument of the modern era – the solid-body electric guitar – and the predominant studio recording technique – multi-tracking. Audacious and indefatigable at every turn of his career – from small-town Waukesha to Harlem music haunts to Hollywood studios – Paul, at age 92, still holds court every Monday night at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. AMERICAN MASTERS explores the revolutionary results of his drive to create sounds that had “never been heard on earth” when Les Paul: Chasing Sound premieres Wednesday, July 11 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS.
Wow… this thing’s airing tomorrow night––guess I’d better figure out when it’ll be on in my area.
When it comes right down to it, it’s hard to believe that Les Paul is still kicking it, not to mention that he can still play like a mad man.
BTW, I found your blog via IG BLOG… nice job : )
Glad to see you here, Cary! I’m looking forward to seeing the documentary, as well. It is amazing that Les Paul still plays every week. He grew up in Waukesha, WI, and I have some in-laws there. I’ve seen some of the places he used to play when he was getting started. It’s amazing that he’s made it so far, and doesn’t seem to have let it go to his head.
Thanks for visiting!