THANK
YOU
LES
CD/DVD
-
Tom
Doyle
-
Les
Paul's
Luthier,
Guitar
Tech,
Engineer
and
friend
for
45
years
-
Excerpt
from
Lou
Pallo's
Tribute
DVD
-
"Thank
You
Les"
featuring
Tom
Doyle,
Billy
Gibbons,
Slash,
Kieth
Richards,
Steve
Miller
and
many
more...
"Thank
You
Les"
is
a recording
and
feature-length documentary
tribute
to
guitar
icon
and
inventor,
Les
Paul.
The
timeless
recording
is
co-produced
by
Les'
long-time
sideman,
Lou
Pallo.
After
close
to
40-years
of
performing
with
Les
Paul,
weekly,
Lou
Pallo
has
invited
close
friends
in
multiple
genres
to
help
him
pay
homage
to
their
friend
and
mentor,
preserving
Les'
spirit
through
a
collection
of
jazz
and
blues
standards
adored
by
Les
himself.
Through
the
filming
and
recording
process
plus
artist
interviews
and
rare
Les
Paul
footage,
we
learn
about
Les'
later
years
and
what
it
was
like
to
work
alongside
the
iconic
guitar
legend.
Featuring:
Johnny
A ♦
Eddie
Brigati
Jr.
♦
Blondie
Chaplin
Melinda
Doolittle
♦ Tommy
Doyle
♦ Nokie
Edwards
José
Feliciano
♦
Billy
F
Gibbons
♦ Bob
Leive
Jay
Leonhart
♦
Steve
Miller
♦
Jon
Paris
Nicki
Parrott
♦
Bucky
Pizzarelli
♦
Arlen
Roth
Lexie
Roth
♦
Keith
Richards
♦
Slash
♦
Frank
Vignola
Watch for articles about
Tom in Upcoming
Fretboard Journal, Guitar Aficionado,
Guitar Player & More!
History
is funny sometimes... Often there's
more legend, lore, hearsay, fiction,
and spin than actual truth to certain
stories as they get passed around
over time. That's certainly the
case with regard to the legacy of
Mr. Les Paul - one of the most creative,
ingenious, and important musicians
and inventors of this or any other
time. Even though Les is/was a recent
figure in music history over the
last millennium... the man, his
guitars, his contribution to music,
and his influence are covered in
myth... mired in misinformation
and laden with erroneous fable.
One man was there, through it all...
the ups and the downs, the good
times and the bad, the major discoveries
and the foibles - and that was Tom
Doyle. Tom was Les' close friend,
confidant, co-inventor, ear, sounding
board, and fixer for all those decades.
Its been said before, but never
was it so true - Tom Doyle was
"The
man behind the man".
LES PAUL'S LUTHIER/GUITAR TECH/ENGINEER
FOR 45 YEARS
-
While Les Paul was certainly more
than a genius in his quest for his
ultimate sound, tone, and
understanding of music and the instruments
that it took to get there, for over
four decades he relied constantly
on Tom Doyle to make his guitars
whole again after he chopped them
to pieces in has mad pursuit of
that sound in his head. Most people
automatically assume that because
there is a famous guitar with his
name on it, that Les was a guitar
builder, tech, bench man, etc.,
and knew how to build, repair and
refurbish guitars. That just simply
was not the case... he relied on
Tom for that. Tom and Les worked
on countless projects over the 40+
years together and Tom is nothing
less than a walking/talking encyclopedia
about all things Les Paul, Gibson,
build specs, musical history, and
knows more about guitars of all
kinds than anyone you will ever
encounter alive today.
Keep an eye out for articles about
Tom Doyle in:
Les
Paul was working very diligently
in the last years of his life in
an attempt to clean up the
Humbucker pickup. He felt that
the bottom end of the frequency
response was muddy and unclear,
and he fervently wanted to fix
that. Les had an incredible
passion for making things “just
right”... and would tinker,
test, and experiment on things
he wanted to fix, tirelessly -
almost to the point of
obsession. His constant passion
towards the end of his life was
for getting the high-impedance
Humbucker to come alive, and
deliver that clarity that he so
desired. As an homage to his
longtime friend and mentor, Tom
Doyle has brought Les Paul's
Dream of a clear, articulate,
harmonically lively Humbucker
pickup to life...
Tom Plays & Speaks on
The "Thank You Les" DVD
Featuring such Greats as Keith Richards,
Steve Miller, Billy Gibbons, Slash,
José Feliciano and many more!