Les Paul Mondays Feat. ALBERT LEE AND THE LES PAUL TRIO
Lou Pallo - Guitar, John Colliani - Piano, Nicki Parrott - Bass - and Peter Baron on drums
21 June 2010, 8.00 - 10.00 pm at The IRIDIUM, Tickets $30.-
Often refered to as 'The Father Of The Electric Guitar', Les Paul was probably the most influential guitarist ever. Les was not only an amazing musician, he was an inventor, innovator,multi-grammy winner, rock and roll hall of famer.
Les Played at The Iridium for over 12 years and he was a great friend. To honor him, we present amazing guitarists from all genres of music- we also donate 20% of the door to The Les Paul Foundation. Donations can be made to the Les Paul Foundation, 236 West 30th Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001.
Mondays are definitely the hippest guitar hang in the world and we think Les Paul would be proud! You will see lots of surprises and guys that normally do not play such intimate venues! Albert Lee occupies an odd niche in music -- British by birth and upbringing, he spent the mid-'60s as a top R&B guitarist, but in the 1970s became one of the top rockabilly guitarists in the world, and no slouch in country music either. In England he's a been household name, and in Nashville and Los Angeles he's been one of the most in-demand session guitarists there is; but outside of professional music circles in America, he's one of those vaguely recognizable names, and occasionally misidentified with his similar-sounding contemporary, ex-Ten Years After guitarist Alvin Lee (with whom he did share a berth once, in Jerry Lee Lewis's band on the latter's London Sessions album) -- but where Alvin was a hero of Woodstock and a flashy guitarist, in the manner of British blues extroverts Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, Albert is much more likely to be found playing in the background, behind the Everly Brothers or alongside Eric Clapton.
Lou Pallo - Guitar, John Colliani - Piano, Nicki Parrott - Bass - and Peter Baron on drums
Often refered to as 'The Father Of The Electric Guitar', Les Paul was probably the most influential guitarist ever. Les was not only an amazing musician, he was an inventor, innovator,multi-grammy winner, rock and roll hall of famer.
Les Played at The Iridium for over 12 years and he was a great friend. To honor him, we present amazing guitarists from all genres of music- we also donate 20% of the door to The Les Paul Foundation. Donations can be made to the Les Paul Foundation, 236 West 30th Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001.
Mondays are definitely the hippest guitar hang in the world and we think Les Paul would be proud! You will see lots of surprises and guys that normally do not play such intimate venues! Albert Lee occupies an odd niche in music -- British by birth and upbringing, he spent the mid-'60s as a top R&B guitarist, but in the 1970s became one of the top rockabilly guitarists in the world, and no slouch in country music either. In England he's a been household name, and in Nashville and Los Angeles he's been one of the most in-demand session guitarists there is; but outside of professional music circles in America, he's one of those vaguely recognizable names, and occasionally misidentified with his similar-sounding contemporary, ex-Ten Years After guitarist Alvin Lee (with whom he did share a berth once, in Jerry Lee Lewis's band on the latter's London Sessions album) -- but where Alvin was a hero of Woodstock and a flashy guitarist, in the manner of British blues extroverts Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, Albert is much more likely to be found playing in the background, behind the Everly Brothers or alongside Eric Clapton.
Les Paul Trio with Albert Lee playing "Just Because" at the Iridium Jazz Club on 1650 Broadway (51st) New York - 21 June 2010 (uploaded for YouTube by the Iridium Club):
