Artist: Les Paul

After watching Ginger & Rosa last night and being completely blown away by the soundtrack I was disappointed through my internet searchings not to be able to find a copy for sale or to download anywhere. It appears that the soundtrack has not been released, however I did make a note of the tracklist at the end of the film and I have published my own youtube version of the tracklist for you to listen to below. Jazz.                

Will they drop by for my birthday? No. This can only happen to you if you are a guitar God. What else can you call Les Paul? His real name was Lester Williams Polsfuss. He was born in 1915, played jazz, country and blues guitar, and pioneered rock and roll. He invented the solid-body electric guitar and was one of the first to experiment with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording. He is a worthy member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Throughout the 1950's Paul and [...]

The late Les Paul with Don Wilson of The Ventures . It doesn’t take long to figure out most if not all of the surf rock hits were either written or originally covered by The Ventures. The masters of instrumental rock have been at it for 50 years, sold more than 100 million copies, lost two of their members, and although they’ve been a nostalgia band for the last few decades, they are still amazing performers. Here’s a picture of the late Les Paul with Don Wilson. Videos coming up right after this.

Google first started getting creative with its homepage logos back in 1998, when they created their first "Doodle" to commemorate that year's Burning Man festival. Ever since then, they've rolled out novel variations — often interactive ones — on their logo on a regular basis, frequently honoring the birthdays of great artists or other public [...]

On this special edition of Something Else Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to composer and producer Paul O’Neill, who is currently preparing for the final leg of the Beethoven’s Last Night tour with Trans-Siberian Orchestra and furiously working on two new rock opera projects - Romanovs: When Kings Must Whisper and Gutter Ballet. Naturally, he’s also [...]

Les Paul and friends celebrate his 90th birthday.

La semaine dernière, les cinq collégiens s’étaient enfin mis d’accord sur le nom de leur groupe. Mais pour l’instant, tout n’était qu’irréel, et ils étaient pressés de se mettre au travail! Les Azimutants avaient besoin de nouveaux instruments de musique , puisque ceux avec lesquels ils jouaient normalement appartenaient au collège. Il n’y avait qu’Arthur qui possédait son violon... Heureusement, son papa, qui était très riche, leur avait fait un immense cadeau ! Il allait offrir à chacun un nouvel instrument. Mais une fois arrivés dans le magasin de [...]

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Steve Miller, wearing a blue blazer with jeans, looks a lot like Bill Murray these days. Rumpled. Cool. Mellow. That good time vibe you hear in all those songs? That's the vibe you get from Steve. 1001Songs met him disembarking from his yacht, the ABRACADABRA, on a pier leading to his 80 acre estate on San Juan Island. Steve showed me around the yacht. He and some friends has gone out into deeper waters [...]

Straight-ahead, Ratzo Harris' bass thrums, creating musical architecture. What he does with that instrument is an exaltation.

Remember that super cool Les Paul-tribute Google doodle from last week that you could actually play? Yeah, that was awesome. If not for a lack of mouse dexterity I'd have totally nailed "Semi-Charmed Life" on it. Floridian indie band used the doodle to record a quiet, almost eerie version of Britney's "Till' The World Ends" and it's awesome! Click the vid below to see how they did it. (It's amazing!) p.s. We totally just used Les Paul's name and Britney Spears' name in the context of one blog post. We totally just took it there. [...]

The Google guitar logo goes to a dark and scary space on this Britney Spears cover.

Google brought back its guitar doodle this morning, in honor of true guitar hero Les Paul. The Google recordings have generated all kinds of classic covers today. You can listen to " Here Comes the Sun " " One " by Metallica, and even MJ's " Billie Jean ." The best one so far: Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello taped his happy birthday tribute Les Paul. Watch the video below. [Via TheDailyWhat ] [...]

Google’s Doodle for Les Paul // Be sure to jump on google today and create a little ditty in honour of Les Paul’s 96th birthday… - k

Yo, Les Paul’s got game!  His Google tribute doodle gets a second day of play. Bloggers and music enthusiasts are scuttling to transcribe their favorite rock chords. And a new generation, feeding off the high fructose corn syrupy allure of Justin Bieber, is getting a real lesson in jazz history. This revival of Les’s influence will inevitably reveal another giant who preceded him: Django Reinhardt . Reinhardt was a pioneer of a guitar sound known as Gypsy swing. It’s derived from [...]

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