Les Paul & Mary Ford — “How High The Moon”
Les Paul and Mary Ford performing “How High The Moon”, which Phish played tonight and dedicated to Les Paul.
R.I.P. — Les Paul (1915-2009)
Sadly, Les Paul, the pioneer of the electric solid body guitar passed today at the age of 94. His many recording innovations, including overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multi-track recording, are still implemented today.
CNN:
Les Paul, whose innovations with the electric guitar and studio technology made him one of the most important figures in recorded music, has died, according to a statement from his publicists. Paul was 94. (more…)
Let It Bleed a’la Phish
In pondering what would be an appropriate album for Phish to cover for their musical costume at Festival 8 (10/30 – 11/1/09 in Indio, CA), I thought of an old favorite of mine, The Stones’ Let It Bleed. As the Stones pondered their fate whilst Brian Jones was unceremoniously ousted from the band, they wrote and recorded this instant classic. From the first notes of the all-hell’s-breaking loose fury of Gimme Shelter to the final notes of the philosophical masterpiece, You Can’t Always Get You Want and everything in between, this is the perfect album. You can feel sleaze and grit, the throbbing of Let It Bleed and you feel as if Mick may truly has a knife in his teeth while recording Midnight Rambler. Monkey Man is grit, moxie and swagger set to music.
I can vividly envision Jennifer Hartswick vocally churning and burning the backing vocals with Phish on Gimme Shelter a’la Merry Clayton (RAPE!!! MURDER!!! It’s just a shot away…). Mike covering Mick isn’t too much of stretch (he’s done it before with Emotional Rescue) and could channel him again on Monkey Man. The band would then unveil a choir to sing the finale You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
It’s not too far of a stretch is it? They’ve done The Beatles, Pink Floyd and The Who. Anyway, It’s just one man’s suggestion.
