Been off the radar for a bit; so I thought I'd stick up a quick update about what's happening in our little world.
Wally & Marty have been organising the Foyle Folk festival, so we've had a few day's away from eachother's company for a while, but we found some time and got together tonight and had ourselves an acoustic practice. The abuse flew, the grief was knockin about and the craic was 90, so no change! Hoping to get a couple more of them before Saturday.
On the way home, for some reason unknown to me, Rion had the theme tune to Hong Kong Phooey on a mix CD... You would swear it was Marty singing!! Been trying to find out who sang it, but with no avail. Good for a laugh, so go and listen to it!
Hopefully there'll be more regular posts here, and vlogs are being looked into; so watch this... Well not this, but keep your eyes peeled.
On a final note, sad to hear Les Paul died during the week. To be fair, I personally wasn't a fan of his music although he was a great guitar player his entire life, but respected the man for more or less inventing the basis for the electric guitar. I don't own a gibson les paul, although dreamt of owning a tobacco burst custom, along with an ES355 (guitar heads assemble...)
So, although this will fall among many farewells on the internet; here's one from me. Cheers Les, well done & good man.
J
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Les Paul died, R.I.P.
ReplyDeletemore importantly that the invention of the gibson les paul guitar he invented multi-track recording! Im sure over the years some other boffin would have discovered this if he hadn't, but he was first and inturn revolutionised the production and way we hear music today.
What a true legend! Also check out any of his documentaries, they are a great watch and give a great insight into his life.
Reno.
No need to apologize, you guys are busy. Nobody will give ya any crap for that.I am looking forward to the videos. The Foyle Folk Festival sounds like a blast, wish I could go. Thanks for the Hong Kong Phooey reference. I remember watching that as a kid when it was NEW. oooh, makes me feel old as shit! THANKS ;-)
ReplyDeleteReno, I had no idea what an impact Les Paul had on music. I knew he was regarded as a great musician but didn't know about the other stuff. I do hope the Biography Channel does something on him, they usually do a good job with their shows.Heck they may have done one already and I have just missed it. Would not surprise me in the least. Thanks for the info.