A TRIBUTE TO LES PAUL
The latest Cinemax music special A Tribute To Les Paul—He Made The Music begins airing late October and is a long overdue salute to the man who was responsible for the solid-body electric guitar and modern recording technique as we know it. As if that isn’t enough, he also wrote his share of jazz-flavored pop classics (“Song In Blue,” “How High The Moon,” "Vaya Con Dios").
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A TRIBUTE TO LES PAUL •
HE MADE THE MUSIC
(Cinemax)
The latest Cinemax music special A Tribute To Les Paul—He Made The Music begins airing late October and is a long overdue salute to the man who was responsible for the solid-body electric guitar and modern recording technique as we know it. As if that isn’t enough, he also wrote his share of jazz-flavored pop classics (“Song In Blue,” “How High The Moon,” “Vaya Con Dios”).
So you’d figure the musician turnout for the taping of this special at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic Theatre would an all-timer. Though it had its moments with the line-up assembled, there was no Jimmy Page-(a spokeswoman said he “had nanny problems—he didn’t want to leave his wife and infant child with a problematic nanny”), no Jeff Beck, who had a London studio commitment for his next solo album, no Eric Clapton (they got no re-
sponse from Slowhand) and no Pete Townshend (he wasn’t invited).