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September 1st, 2009Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94
August 13th, 2009Link: http://www.yahoo.com
Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94
AP, Aug 13, 2009 11:17 am PDT
Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.
He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for an album he released after his 90th birthday, "Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played."
"I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole on it," he joked.
As an inventor, Paul helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll and multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the "tracks" in the finished recording.
With Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records and 11 No. 1 pop hits, including "Vaya Con Dios," "How High the Moon," "Nola" and "Lover." Many of their songs used overdubbing techniques that Paul the inventor had helped develop.
"I could take my Mary and make her three, six, nine, 12, as many voices as I wished," he recalled. "This is quite an asset." The overdubbing technique was highly influential on later recording artists such as the Carpenters.
The use of electric guitar gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s, and then exploded with the advent of rock the 1950s.
"Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music," Paul once said. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible. Today a guy wouldn't think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system."
A tinkerer and musician since childhood, he experimented with guitar amplification for years before coming up in 1941 with what he called "The Log," a four-by-four piece of wood strung with steel strings.
"I went into a nightclub and played it. Of course, everybody had me labeled as a nut." He later put the wooden wings onto the body to give it a tradition guitar shape.
In 1952, Gibson Guitars began production on the Les Paul guitar.
Pete Townsend of The Who, Steve Howe of Yes, jazz great Al DiMeola and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page all made the Gibson Les Paul their trademark six-string.
Over the years, the Les Paul series has become one of the most widely used guitars in the music industry. In 2005, Christie's auction house sold a 1955 Gibson Les Paul for $45,600
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Briere scores twice Biron in net against Sabres
March 21st, 2009Link: http://sports.yahoo.com
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Daniel Briere scored twice in 2:05 span in the second period for his first multigoal game in more than six months, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
Mike Richards had a power-play goal and two assists, and Simon Gagne, Mike Knuble, and Jeff Carter also scored to help Philadelphia snap a two-game losing streak. Martin Biron made 39 saves, and Kimmo Timonen had three assists.
Thomas Vanek, Dominic Moore, Derek Roy, and Chris Butler scored for Buffalo, which is trying to climb back into playoff contention but has only one win in its last six games. Patrick Lalime stopped 25 shots.
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March 7th, 2009T.O. signs 1 yr 6.5 M with the Buffalo Bills
(born December 7, 1973 in Alexander City, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Owens has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
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Sabres G Miller out indefinitely with high ankle sprain
February 22nd, 2009Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=txsabresmiller&prov=st&type=lgns
BUFFALO, NEW YORK (TICKER) —Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller left Saturday’s 4-2 win over the New York Rangers in the third period with a high ankle sprain and did not return.
The 28-year-old is out indefinitely and his status for Tuesday’s home game against Anaheim is uncertain.
Miller was playing the puck behind his own net when Rangers center Scott Gomez came from behind and got his skates tangled up with Miller, who was down on the ice for a few minutes before skating off and going directly to the locker room.
Miller, who was noticeably limping when he went back, made 20 saves and did not allow a goal before leaving the game two minutes into the third session.
“It’s stiff, it’s an ankle sprain. We took some X-rays, those didn’t show anything,” Miller said. “These are things you have to feel out. There’s no timetable. It’s your comfort level. Right now I just want to get through the night, to the morning, and see how my body reacts.
“I haven’t seen the replay. I know Scott personally. I don’t think he would ever come in and try and injure me, especially when I’m not facing the play. Some of the guys say he may have lost an edge. The referee said he lost an edge. He’s not that kind of guy.”
Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff saw things differently.
“I don’t think there’s any secret it was deliberate,” Ruff said. “They wanted to disrupt us. We put in a cold goaltender to face a power play.”
Sabres backup Patrick Lalime, who allowed both goals on 13 shots against New York, will take over while Miller is out.
A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Miller entered the contest 28-16-5 with a 2.54 goals-against average this season.
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