On August 18, 1988, a horde of name-brand musicians bought collectively to have a good time the life and music of guitar nice Les Paul, who was 73 on the time.
The present that was filmed that night time was ultimately launched on a now-sought-after VHS tape referred to as Les Paul & Mates: He Modified the Music: LIVE on the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
In brief (in distinction to the tape’s ridiculously not-short title), the cameras caught some magical guitar moments in Brooklyn that night. You possibly can relive one in every of them beneath.
Close to the top of the night, Stray Cats – that includes Gretsch-loving axman Brian Setzer – launched into Carl Perkins’ Blue Suede Shoes. After singing all of the verses, Setzer bellowed, “Hey, Eddie Van Halen, get your butt up right here, man!” – thus opening the floodgates to a formidable checklist of visitor guitarists.
Under, take a look at the jammy portion of the Blue Suede Shoes efficiency. It kicks off with a bluesy-tapping solo by Van Halen, adopted by David Gilmour, B.B. King and Stanley Jordan (Waylon Jennings is clearly impressed by Jordan, as you may see within the clip).
Up subsequent is Steve Miller, who kicks off his solo by taking part in his Les Paul behind his again. Lastly, Les Paul, the person of honor, seems, hoping to point out the kids a factor or two.
The humorous factor concerning the clip is how lengthy it takes for everybody to look on stage after Setzer calls out their names. Early on, Gilmour will be seen turning round and heading again off-stage for some purpose.