Daily Archive: October 9th, 2008
Thank you, Les & Leo!
Les Paul and Leo Fender … pioneers of the electric guitar. Thanks to them and their successors, we are able to enjoy what may be the ultimate musical instrument! A handheld device, that screams, sings, cries, growls, attacks, caresses, soars, thunders, grinds, warbles, echoes, sustains, wah-wahs (just to name a few of its properties).
With his Stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix …. well, what can I say about him! And B.B. King … who isn’t familiar with Lucille! Pete Townshend’s windmill-driven power chords. And Tom Morello, The Edge, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards. All different. All captivating.
Tomorrow night (Friday, October 10) at the Fillmor, …