Les Paul Reflects on His Life: The Les Paul Guitar, Multitrack Recording and MORE!

[@breech123]

Les told me as a musician to, "know your audience." I grew up a half an hour away from his hometown. Met him once at Milwaukee's Solid Gold McDonald's where he autographed a picture for me. Attended a concert of his later in his life. Was the first person through the doors at the grand opening of the Les Paul House of Sound at Discovery World at Milwaukee's lakefront, to include a tv news interview. Got a dvd made of him and I playing guitar together (green screen) and later sadly attended his wake there where I was handed the memorial card by his son Rusty. Paying my respects, on my way out, placed a pick in the flower vase at the foot of his casket and did the same at his grave in March 2020 in Waukesha.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Great story... Thanks for sharing with us... Joe

[@breech123]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum thanks for uploading your interviews Joe. I love watching them.

[@Claytone-Records]

breech123, What a wonderful memory. Thanks for sharing it.

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

Thanks for sharing Joe!!🎸 Thanks breech123!!💪

[@tomw9875]

@@breech123 What a great story, thank you breech!

[@JohnnyNowhere]

"There's always someone better than you are" he says. If there's anyone better than Les, they're keeping it a secret out of respect for this phenomenal human being.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching Johnny...Joe

[@RobertVeasquez]

Any interview with Les Paul is literally a historic record touching upon music, music innovation, engineering and countless other subjects. Kudos to you,Joe for doing this.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks again 707..... it was a lot of fun for me too.....best, Joe

[@stephenskinner4857]

This is so beautiful. My parents met as jazz musicians in Kansas City in the 1930's, so I grew up hearing some Les Paul music. I love his stories of the simple beginning. THANK YOU ! Stephen Skinner

[@marions.120]

Great interview. Can’t believe only 30,000 have watch this. They’re missing a piece of history than not only affects them, but all of us. ✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@shellygill5029]

I've been fortunate to meet Les Paul. I worked at a truck stop near his home and Les would come in to get a coffee and sandwich to go. We chatted now and then when I would wait on him. I good him that I remember watching him and Mary Ford perform on tv when I was a kid and always enjoyed them. He was a very nice man and it was a day day when I heard that he had died. He was extraordinary.

[@buddylobos5277]

A business client of mine, same age as Les, grew up next door to him. They were close friends. He said Lester was a brilliant guy. And,, he had double Ph.D's from a very exclusive university. I didn't know this history until, over lunch one day, he asked what guitar I played. I said, the best guitar made a Les Paul. Well, that's what opened the gates. Great interview. One of the best of Les ever. Best advice ever at the end. GOD willing, the hard work never ends. God blessed Lester Polsfuss.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Buddy... Joe

[@jopestv1063]

Thank you, Joe. Great interview. I have the "Chasing Sound" DVD. It's over 10 yrs old & I still play it, along with my "Cnester & Lester" & Les Paul & Mary Ford compilation CDs, frequently. I've met Greg Koch a few times (a friend's brother played drums for him in the Tone Controls) and we talked about meeting Les at the Iridium after a Tone Controls show in NE Wisconsin. If you've ever watched any of Greg's videos, you know there was never a dull moment in that conversation!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Jopes..... Joe

[@marions.120]

Chasing Sound is an awesome piece of history. I love it and I share it with others so more people know more about this great man. ✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@ministerofdarkness]

The Legendary Les Paul!! Fascinating life story. His advice for musicians at the end of the interview is priceless!Thank you Joe for another fantastic session!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi MOD... Thanks... Glad you enjoyed it.. Joe

[@joemeyer6876]

The photo inserts of the people he talks about are priceless! Plus, he talks with a lot of emotion where he usually talked with so much bravado! He clarified a lot of minutiae! Glad you have his stuff on display!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Yes our editor ,Jay, does a great job finding the correct photos if we don’t have them in our archives... Best, Joe

[@kitano0]

Les comes off a lot different here than I have seen him in the past...he can be somewhat of a braggart (rightfully so) and a little abrasive...but here he's just so kind and patient. What a life. THIS is a person that a Martin Scorsese should make a movie about! Thank you, Joe...this is one of the best things I've ever seen. (And I'm a Fender guy!)

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Kit... Joe

[@demef758]

I have also detected a bit of ego behind the man, but as the old Yogi-ism goes, "it ain't braggin' if you can do it." Les certainly did it, at least as good as anyone else, but almost always, better. FAR better!

[@Powertuber1000]

This might be the best interview and story I've ever heard.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks 3.0...... Joe

[@tangentz0007]

Met Les at the club in Mah Wah during his show. At intermission he came around to every table to say hello. The biggest thrill you cannot imagine in 1978!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for sharing your comment 0007......,Best... Joe

[@shawnmcvey7789]

Chester and Lester is a masterclass in guitar that's every guitarist needs to hear at some point.

[@johndcoffee632]

Dude... why did i not know this existed

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Shawn.... Les was going to give me a guitar for the museum before he got sick. Afterwards we got together once again when we did this interview but I didn’t get back to N.Y to go to his home and get the items he wanted to donate before he passed. Not long after Les died they had a auction in L.A of everything he had... everything!!!!! Being our museum is in Nashville and Chet Atkins was a friend of mine I wanted and bought the white Les Paul Les played with Chet on the Grammy winning Chester and Lester album along with his early gold records etc. Not the Les Paul guitar on the album cover but the one he played on the record. Thanks for watching.., Joe

[@digitalbrand5510]

Get those Mel Bay books out

[@shawnmcvey7789]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Wow, that's amazing! I bet if you put it next to the guitar Chet used on that album you'd faintly hear the sound of them laughing at a joke Les Paul made.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

You’re probably right Shawn... I knew Chet very well. He was truly a friend.I met Les a few times but not enough to call him a friend but enough to know he was a great guy and very funny but so was Chet, just a different sense of humor.Chet was very dry. Les was more jovial. Both were great...Thanks again... Joe

[@Doones51]

He was still playing guitar very well into his 90's, that alone is amazing.

[@starkickermusic2100]

you've managed to capture a wonderful thing here! Thank you for all of the work you put into making these videos!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you too Star... Joe

[@starkickermusic2100]

I like your no BS approach to interviews. No hype just good quality content. If we had more people like you uploading KZbin would be a better place!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Again Star... many thanks... Joe

[@johnmorrison8618]

Phenomenal interview, every time I hear him speak I learn something new. Such a full life Les lived..

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks John.... Joe

[@retailhutch9108]

Just "wow". Probably the best thing I've watched on KZbin. I hope future generations can appreciate this.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Retail... best.. Joe

[@ivannovotny4552]

Wow, what a humble man! Perfect choice Joe and thank you for sharing with us this priceless gem.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Ivan... Joe

[@kenthhogstrom3722]

What had musicindustri lost without that genius ?He vas ahead of his time.God bless!

[@agateenchantmentrockwizard5969]

Absolutely riveting, what a fun look into Les Paul

[@alwolf2325]

Excellent stuff, you are spoiling us. Thanks, Joe.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Al.... glad your enjoying them. Sincerely, Joe

[@michaeldavis6607]

As a teenager, I worked all summer and bought a Les Paul w/o knowing what it was and who he was. I bought what I considered the most beautiful and best feeling guitar I had ever held. That was 40 years ago and I am still a Les Paul guy. The guitar and the man.

[@shaunw9270]

Superb interview Joe. What an amazing guy Les was.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Shan... yes he was... Thanks for watching.. Joe

[@jimmiejames4674]

From now on after I finish recording a song I'm going to throw a crutch in the air in remembrance to Les Paul. It's my new tradition. Gratitude is an understatement. Great interview Joe. Thank you.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching Jimmie….Joe

[@vayabroder729]

The Wizard of Waukesha, Rhubarb Red! Beautiful man, absolute legend and monster musician and inventor. Leonardo DaVinci didn’t have anything on this man. God rest his soul! Thanks for the awesome historic interview, Joe! Amazing!

[@stephencampbell2735]

What a lovely interview. We're lucky this video was taken. Thank you!

[@arnebroxleirnes418]

Joe - I really like the way you know how to shut up and let the person you interview speak. Les Paul has many interesting things to say, and that is what I expect to hear. Way too many "reporters" are in love with their own voices, and it becomes really annoying. Thank you for not being that guy, Joe!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Arne.... I appreciate it a lot... Joe

[@patriciaburke2401]

What an amazingly gifted man! Every young musician should see this interview. Great life lessons! Thanks so much for sharing.Take care & God bless.🎸🎵🎶🇺🇸

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you Patricia...Best, Joe

[@stephenowens8763]

This has got to be the definitive Les Paul interview.

[@MichaelPaul155]

One of my greatest regrets is not seeing the great Les Paul at the Iridium. But I do have an original '57 Les Paul Special and a '76 Les Paul Standard. Hey now!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching Michael....Joe

[@richardlewis1243]

Very sweet things you said about the man...I hope someone like you speaks like that about me some day, thanks for all you are doing

[@jdmuxic]

Thank you very much, Joe Chambers, for sharing this awesome video. I enjoyed every single second of this interview, a lot of history and wisdom in Les Paul's words.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi J.D ….. I loved hanging with Les…. He was just a great human being….. I so glad you enjoyed too…..best, Joe

[@jimbaker6442]

Great interview! I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is truly an amazing man. He's not only extremely articulate but he's got a mind and a memory like a steel trap. He remembers everything and can verbalize it. Master musician. Master electrical engineer. If you could have drawn out the interview for another two hours I would have been right there.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Jim but my arm was shot. I was ready to put the camera down:) Thanks for watching... Joe

[@demef758]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum One word, Joe: tripod. I'm with Jim: oh that you could have spent a full day talking to him. As an old electrical engineer and frustrated guitar picker (aren't we all?), I have so many questions I would have loved to pose to him. I would also have asked about his mother's influence on him. She seemed like an extremely perceptive woman with uncanny intuition.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Listening to this prompts me to recreate a record playing invention I created 53 years ago when I was 14. I was wanting to build another to show my sons, now I REALLY want to build one.

[@andrewjmcgee]

beautiful interview.

[@bluesslider76]

What a great lesson in history. Priceless. My #1 workhorse guitar from day 1 , a Les Paul .

[@bteiv676]

WOW...fascinating. Great interview with a classic guy. Thanks

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Monkey... Joe

[@sapelesteve]

That was a golden interview Joe! What a class act & humble guy Les Paul was. His advice at the end was truly inspirational. Another music legend whos stories I could listen to all day long! You are so lucky to have interviewed him. Thanks again for all of these priceless interviews............ 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍👍

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Steve... Joe

[@peejm1424]

I too, really like the way you didn't interrupt him. A lot of people interviewing are so annoying when they don't know when to stfu, they end up ruining the whole interview. I really felt for you when you told your story about your arm.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Peej m..... yes it was hard keeping the camera still (kinda still) for that long but I wasn’t going to stop Les from talking. Yes... Man I know what you mean about interrupting your interviewees... drives me nuts when someone is in the middle of a story I’m really enjoying and the interviewer cuts in and ruins the story. Often they never finish what they were saying and go on to something else leaving you hanging on what happened!!! Thanks for watching and your very kind comments... Best, Joe

[@shaunw9270]

I've given this a 👍, but this is too good to watch on a crappy phone . I'm going to cast to TV and watch with a pizza later . Thanks 😊👌

[@SamHooperGroup]

Joe, that was awesome! So glad you had your camera with you. Honored that I got to see him once at the Iridium. Beautiful to have this for future generations. Congrats!

[@drummerchappell]

I wish I could have jammed with Les, what an incredible talent.

[@claytonmunsey9740]

15:09: Les mentions Malone NY. This is not the first time Malone, NY is centric to Les Paul's life. Orville H. Gibson (1856-1918) - Gibson is buried at Morningside Cemetery in Malone, New York.

[@bluesingmusic3443]

I watch Michael too.

[@warrenstrachan9765]

Wow Joe, you should be lecturing on a global level on how to run an interview. This, along with all your videos is absolutely brilliant. Well done and many thanks for all the gold you are putting out. I wish other reporters could take a few notes on how things should be done, we would all learn something. The music industry is being robbed of so much info not being transferred to the next generation.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Warren.... well that was very kind... I don’t consider myself a reporter. Never planned to do this... I’m just talking with friends... glad you enjoyed it.. Joe

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Holy moly, Joe. Holy moly. Best interview I have ever seen. What a life and what a man.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Roger... Joe

[@alphabeets]

Joe, thank you for sharing this mind blowing historic interview. It almost feels as though a god of music himself came down to earth to preach his wisdom to all mortal musicians. Really fantastic interview. I hope your hand has recovered. 😃

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching beets. Les was a very unique person. I was extremely lucky to know Les and have Chet as a friend too. It took a while but yes my hand got it’s feeling back eventually:) Best….. Joe

[@chuckmadden2251]

I'll never forget the first time seeing Les at Iridium, it was so much smaller than a place I expected a giant to fit in. We stayed after the show and I told him my hero was Powell Crosley the radio inventor and we talked geek stuff until his driver was ready. I saw him the following winter and he yelled HEY Crosley! I almost fainted. I found if you showed respect and interest in the "old school" folks they loved ya, and I think that's your key Joe, they can smell sincerity, it's so rare.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Chuck.... yes this was never about money... never thought about it.. It was interest in the music that has given me and so many others such joy. Best, Joe

[@garydaniel8898]

Wonderful Interview. Thank You !

[@m.x.2442]

This was great. What an amazing interview. I can't imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down. God Blessed the world with Les Paul.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching M X.....Joe

[@leechild4655]

Les was just like Benjamin Franklin. Super smart and friendly and could find answers to questions nobody ever thought of asking before.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Lee... best, Joe

[@leechild4655]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Thanks Joe for bringing these priceless interviews to us. We can never repay you.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Lee.... thanks again for watching these interviews. That’s all the pay I need. I truly appreciate your kind comments.... Joe

[@cliffpennington2994]

Awesome interview, Joe. Thank you. What a humble man Les was. Didn't know or care how much money or how many guitars had been sold and didn't want to know. That's class!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Cliff ........ best, Joe

[@Kuhlyedascope69]

its crazy how much has changed. Les honestly has an amazing legacy. I cant imagine how much hes seen.

[@CORNPOP24]

These are such uplifting stories and the best program I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much for this.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Tim... Joe

[@robertcronin6603]

Your vids are just the greatest...and the fact that you take the time to read and like comments makes your channel even better - thanks 🙏

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Robert……Joe

[@BGsea]

Great story. Mighty fine guitar design

[@wyattstephans1718]

Absolute legend! Thank you for your life’s work!

[@richardpowell3259]

Les Paul, people hear what they see. So true. Great interview. Thank you !.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Richard, thanks for you kind words and support of the channel- I know it would have meant a lot to my dad, Joe. Hope you can visit the museum sometime too. Best, Britt

[@outtathyme5679]

You all are hitting it out of the park! Wow

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks 567..... Joe

[@fredpasta6488]

Every time I watch one of your videos I gain another hero !!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Fred.....I’m really happy you’re enjoying them.... Joe

[@jimfogle184]

This was such a pleasure to watch. Les Paul knew how to entertain. He had such an extensive and interesting history he could likely tell the same story five different ways and all of them be true. Such a loss now that he's gone.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Jim... Thanks for watching... Joe

[@Claytone-Records]

I am speechless. That doesn’t happen often to me. Top notch as always, Joe. Thanks.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you Clayton.., Joe

[@tomacosta2033]

A great interview with a great man! Thank you!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Tom…. Joe

[@fabiocardoso1691]

Great interview! Thanks for that!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Fab... Joe

[@GG-ks4ul]

Les Paul is the Ben Franklin of music . A true wonder to listen to. Thanks for the video and all the historical photos you include in your various videos.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks GG.... Best... Joe

[@glenkepic3208]

This is great. I remember asking a guy when I was 14 in '72 "What is Martin Barre playing on the cover of 'Benefit' ?" Oh, that's a Les Paul. Fan of both the man and guitar. Quote I recall was that I read back in the 80s (GP Log ?). he set up a guitar on a stand at the foot of his bed as a kid so it would be the last thing he saw before going to sleep and the first thing he saw when he was awake. Worked :) After all the great players, I grateful Les put the stamp of approval for Epi's. '07 Std Plus bought new and Lp Jr in tob just del'd less than a month ago. Great and love the Les Paul Model silk screen on the headstock. Rest In Peace, Les Paul.

[@paulbcote]

The best Les Paul interview of all time!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you Paul... Joe

[@Tommy_Mac]

Great video!!! Les was such a genuine person. I had the privilege to meet him at the Irridium, got him to sign my Chasing Sound video case. I had a conversation with Rusty that night, too. Great memory! If you want to know more about Les Paul look up lespaulfromstarttofinish on facebook. There is a friend of Les, Jim Wysocki, that has a bunch of very valuable Les Paul-owned guitars and other meaningful objects. He has a program that he puts on. At the end of the program I was at, they let attendees handle (and PLAY) the artifacts. I was astounded to have one of Les Paul's own Les Paul Recording guitars in my hand. Plugged in and played it (truthfully, it did not play well, having decades-old strings on it)nowhere near as well as Les, but knowing it was in Les Paul's hands and then mine was a big thrill for me! Jim is a terrific guy and gave away items, too. He had a bunch of signed contracts from gigs that Les did, that were given away. I have an Alnico magnet from a stash of materials Les kept for winding pickups. Really cool experience! RIP Les Paul! You are my hero!

[@tone19632]

Outstanding interview, Thank you!!!

[@knobexploitmusicelectronic9218]

This is proof that content overrules video quality...

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

I hope so... It was a cheap camera before phone cameras but better than no interview I guess. Thanks for watching... Joe

[@arnebroxleirnes418]

YEAH! Just like musical content is more important than hi-fi sound!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Very true!

[@knobexploitmusicelectronic9218]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum It really does not matter, the story and the glory is what kept me watching.

[@knobexploitmusicelectronic9218]

@@arnebroxleirnes418 True but a bit of Hifi is not bad...

[@hairnsap]

Thanks Joe 👍 classic stuff !

[@dwightburns6699]

Great job Joe!! All the best!!

[@jamescourt2842]

My dad died 6 years ago. I said to him once when I was just 16 years old “Dad im going to buy Les Paul” He replied “Son a guitar like this is not a young man's guitar it's something you have when you're my age” His Gretch was collecting dust on the wall before I even thought of touching his guitar I plucked up the courage finally to pull it off its hook on the wall. It wasn't my sort of style I can remember dad telling me “Guitar is not antique its a tool and if you won't play it someone somewhere would really love to play this” I sold that guitar and applied for a credit card and I managed to buy my Traditional Les Paul I have now bought when I was just 22 years old. Love this guitar never thought I’d have one of these before 30 let alone his age.

[@timmylawlor6821]

that was really great interview thank you for that

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Glad you enjoyed it Timmy…Joe

[@rlk4321]

More people need to see this....unreal!!

[@williamhenderson1692]

incredible ! thanks for everything, joe ...

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks for watching William….Joe

[@hugo311name9]

GREAT INTERVIEW!! WOW!!!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Hugo... Joe

[@hugo311name9]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum hugs from Brazil. Im a fan of your youtube channel.

[@revg7611]

Joe that was the best Les Paul interview I ever saw

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you RevG.... truly appreciate it... Joe

[@the_gitman5978]

Fantastic interview with a true guitar hero and inventor deluxe! Thank you!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Gitman... Joe

[@RoadieGarth]

One Word: Awesome!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Garth... Joe

[@paulwhite8545]

Just BRILLIANT thank you for filming this and sharing it with us..❤️👍

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Paul.... thanks for watching.. Joe

[@paulwhite8545]

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum No THANK YOU for posting your amazing videos up, I love watching them, my best wishes and love from Chesterfield in the UK..❤️👍

[@underworldent4817]

genius.

[@lanehowell605]

Amazing Interview ~☆~!!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Lane... Joe

[@joshuataft5541]

Liked and subscribed. Les was an inavator. He made rock ...him and Toni iommi ...to me those are the milestone men

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Joshua... much appreciated....Joe

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

He IS the guitar!!🎸

[@AuntAlnico4]

Les Paul, the man, the machine.

[@idessaoutlaw]

Joe,. You are a first class reporter. Dan Rather is the opposite. Thank You for this video.🎸🎶💙😎

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hey Outlaw.... many thanks.... Best, Joe

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Super cool, thanks :)

[@joethomas5983]

Best interviewer of all. time!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Joe...........Joe

[@JackTheSkunk]

Joe...I love these interviews that you do.....you got to interview most of my heros, namely Duane Eddy, James Burton and of course Les. I only regret that you did not get to talk with Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed and Paul Yandell who was a sideman for both Chet and Jerry for years and years.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Yes… and I knew all three. Chet was the first person I asked to be a guest on the first version of the show back in 1998. He of course said yes he would be on it. Basically the same idea for a interview show but to support my guitar shops back then. I also asked Duane and James back then too. Everyone said yes including Don Everly but it was too costly at the time and I didnt know how to make it work. Thanks for watching…Joe

[@adco]

Soo cool!!! Thank you Joe! 😊

[@paulgibby6932]

Thanks for this great interview. The editing is great (e.g. 8:58, and all the other little clips interspersed). Also Les (e.g. 20:00) is so inspiring. 36:13 Throwing the crutches in the air! So great! And his final advice. Again, thanks for a great interview!

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thank you too Paul… Jay Mc Dowell is our editor who adds the photos etc… best, Joe

[@mrDCunningham]

This is priceless Joe. 👍🏻😎

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks David... there’s a cool story behind that... my friend GARRY TALLENT who plays bass guitar with the E St. band called Les on my behalf when I was first starting to put the MusiciansHallOfFame together around 2004. I had met Les about 10 years earlier. I went to New York for the very first time strictly just to meet Les Paul because I had a dream he died. Well I’m a dumb ass…… A friend of mine said Les is not dead so I was also afraid of flying for some reason at that time so my buddy said well let’s take the train up so we did and that was my first trip to New York City came up in the Grand Central Station and the first person I met my hotel lobby was BB King. If you ever went to see Les he use to play every Monday night at Fat Tuesdays and then he ended up down at the iridium in Time Square. Les would talk to anyone & sign pick guards unlike a lot of famous guitarist, he was just nice to everyone not just me. So after I talk to him on the phone thanks to GARRY he said he be happy to meet with me and help me on an exhibit for him at the museum. He invited me to come to his house after he was honored by the Grammys one year but he got sick and did not attend and almost died. Jeff Beck went to the Grammys to help with his award since Les could not be there. Well Les got better and started playing at the iridium once again so one Christmas night I had taken my family back to New York like we started doing every Christmas and I put a little cheap video camera in my coat pocket just in case Les might have been playing on Christmas night. There was hardly anyone on the streets of New York that night snow-covered sidewalks etc. but I went downstairs to the club and sure enough Les’s son Rusty was getting ready to record a video the show like he did every single time Les played anywhere. I asked him if he would see if Les had time to do an interview with me before the show. Les said come on back and I walked into a teeny little green room backstage and Les was eating a club sandwich and a beer and his table was a Roland guitar amplifier which I thought was extremely appropriate:) I hope this adds a little more fun to the story for you... best... Joe

[@mrDCunningham]

@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Joe thats an absolute wonderful story. Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me all this. This has made my day for sure. Just an amazing story. Wow

[@engell3707]

I really really like Les. I wish I could have meet him.

[@judgegarry]

Talk about a larger than life man... His contributions to all areas of music sent waves that haven't decreased yet. (I might be a bit jaded, I play a Les Paul Custom 🤣)

[@chester777ful]

A good interview thanks

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Chet.... Joe

[@efhs1970]

Joe, of course, awesome interview! Les Paul is absolutely on the same level as Edison as an inventor, in addition an incredible musician! He and Mary are busy in Rock n Roll Heaven!💫

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Larry... yes Les was special... thanks, Joe

[@rmelin13231]

To Joe Chambers and the entire staff - what you have assembled (MHOF) is so vitally important to the history of music, it's impossible to put into words. It needed to be done, and you are the ones to have accomplished it. And for that, the world should be grateful. (I know I am). I'm probably about the same age, so I also grew up embracing this music which has influenced me in different ways. When I was young I didn't have enough money to buy many albums, but I'd thumb through the racks at the local record store hours on end, and make mental note of the musicians who were given credit on the album liner notes. (45s were different, all we could learn was the song writers, which I also admired and always made note of). So for many years I have been aware of Joe Osborne, Pig, Larry Knechtel (LOVED his stuff, as a budding pianist), and you know the rest, no need to try to name them all. To hear them now, those still with us as you began this project, recount the tales in their own words, is priceless. If I were able to travel, I'd surely spend time at the MHOF. If I were wealthy, I'd surely donate handsomely to your cause. As it is, I may just add a codicil to my will. Saying 'thank you' just doesn't seem to be enough.

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Hi Roger.... you’re enjoying our videos along with you heart felt words are thanks enough.... best ... Joe

[@TheA1carpetman]

So down to earth and yes what legend

[@stevehornshaw4478]

I am gobsmacked. Joe to meet Les and as always to hear from a humble man telling you the history and everything we wanted to know is amazing. If people thought Clapton is God what does that make Les? Maybe that Les Paul is a guitar. Marvellous. Thnx.

[@petedonaghyguitar]

Just incredible! Thank you Joe 🙏

[@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum]

Thanks Player... Joe