tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36936499.post6459803181645435306..comments2023-12-12T21:57:26.268+11:00Comments on The Barman's Rant: R.I.P. Les PaulThe Barmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816861742029266021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36936499.post-75203049715426420922009-08-19T02:08:12.461+10:002009-08-19T02:08:12.461+10:00interesting that two Polish guys - Les and Andrew ...interesting that two Polish guys - Les and Andrew Warhola - shaped modern US popular culture.iODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36936499.post-45762284586666510112009-08-15T01:38:08.706+10:002009-08-15T01:38:08.706+10:00Barman
Thank God that someone has put the right m...Barman<br /><br />Thank God that someone has put the right message out there.<br /><br />This is a huge night for me.<br /><br />My young son (12) has just taken up playing the drums and the gee-tar.<br /><br />We have talked about Les Pauls, SGs, Strats and Teles in the last few months - and I have tried my best to explain the cultural currency that they richly deserve.<br /><br />Happily, my boy is now an aficionado.<br /><br />He absolutely wants an axe with a "whammy bar".<br /><br />That is cool - and it makes me proud.<br /><br />A father and son connection.<br /><br />Noyce.<br /><br />Junior came home tonight from a school concert where he sang with 1,000 other kiddies - and I sent him off to bed with wild thoughts that "he" might be the "musician" in the family.<br /><br />Finally.<br /><br />Then - out of the blue - Lateline very awkwardly spewed out out the death of Les Paul.<br /><br />And it hit me right between the eyes.<br /><br />Modern culture has been absolutely shaped by the millions of guitars from the Les Paul and Leo Fender mould.<br /><br />Yet when Les Paul passes - the newsrooms have no idea.<br /><br />RIP Les.<br /><br />As the Gibson factory T-Shirt says..<br /><br />"Les is More".<br /><br />A great man and a great loss.<br /><br />Rest In Peace.<br /><br />SteveEastside Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183555690594927474noreply@blogger.com