Les Paul, father of the
electric guitar and 1950s hit maker, is the subject of MVD Entertainment
Group’s Sept. 8 (Friday) DVD debut of A Tribute To Les Paul: Live From Universal
Studios Hollywood (A Live Concert Tribute to the “Godfather of Modern Music”).
Filmed live at the Gibson
Amphitheatre during the winter of 2006, an all-star group of “self-styled” Les
Paul disciples gathered to pay tribute to the recording legend, who, teamed
with Mary Ford, delivered such Billboard hits as “How High the Moon,” “Tennessee
Waltz,” “Vaya con Dios” and “Mockin' Bird Hill.” Between the end of World War II and 1961 Les
Paul had over fifty (that’s right, fifty, five-oh) Billboard hit singles.
That was reason enough
for the likes of Slash (Guns N' Roses), Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather (Toto), Joe
Perry (Aerosmith), blues guitar legend Buddy Guy, rock guitarist Joe Satriani,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, singer Shayna Steele, Neal Schon (Santana) and Robben
Ford (KISS) to celebrate Les Paul, but they were also there to celebrate and
acknowledge the cutting-edge recording techniques that Les Paul pioneered.
This “axemen” concert set
includes: “Superstition,” “Little Wing,” “Watch Boogie,” “House Full of Bullets,”
“Going Down Slow,” “Hooch Koochie Man,” “Lovin' Cup,” “I Wanna Know You” and “Rock
& Roll Hooch Koo.”
As a bonus there are
interviews with Les Paul (recorded just prior to his passing in 2009).
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