Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94

AndreasOberg

i had the pleasure of performing together with les in 2006. what a great musician, innovator and human being!
regards andreas

steven_eire

sad news indeed.

Teddy Dupont wrote:

Michael Bauer wrote:

.... And another direct link to Django gone...

Yes there must be very few (if any) left now.

the only one i can think of is beryl davis. though, i'm not very knowledgeable about these things like yourself.

Teddy Dupont

steven_eire wrote:

...the only one i can think of is beryl davis. though, i'm not very knowledgeable about these things like yourself.

It is sadly difficult to keep track of who has died and who has not and just a bit depressing. There are certainly people still around who saw Django play and even met him but those who knew him reasonably well have pretty much gone.

I know a couple of years ago that Daidy Davis-Boyer the secretary of the Hot Club of France was still alive and lucid but I have lost track of what happened to her since. She went onto have a successful film making career and can be seen below (right) with Django and Josette Dayde.



I think the only person who actually recorded with him left other than Beryl Davis is Coleridge Goode.

stubla

Teddy Dupont wrote:

I think the only person who actually recorded with him left other than Beryl Davis is Coleridge Goode.

I think Martial Solal,who also recorded with Django, is still with us as well.
Stu

Teddy Dupont

stubla wrote:

I think Martial Solal,who also recorded with Django, is still with us as well.
Stu

Yes you are right. I'd forgotten about him. There may be some other more obscure people he recorded with still around.

thrip

Teddy Dupont wrote:

stubla wrote:

I think Martial Solal,who also recorded with Django, is still with us as well.
Stu

Yes you are right. I'd forgotten about him. There may be some other more obscure people he recorded with still around.

Maurice Vander?

marciero

There's a drummer up here, Hans Waecker, who sits in with my band sometimes, who played with Django in Paris during the war. Pretty sure he did not record.

Mike

Teddy Dupont

marciero wrote:

There's a drummer up here, Hans Waecker, who sits in with my band sometimes, who played with Django in Paris during the war. Pretty sure he did not record.

Mike

Does he have any interesting stories about Django?

stubla

Typical.....les Paul dies and who does the BBC interview about him...Johnny Marr and the Manic Street Preachers guitarist--barely any mention that Les Paul was a great guitarist in his own right and one of the few U.S guitarists to be directly influenced by django
So i wonder who will get Les Pauls Selmer that Django gave him? and will they also inherit the soft gigbag he kept it in?

pinkgary

I was wondering that. And also all the other stuff in his huge amazing garage..... a proper treasure trove for musos, that place...