Les Paul
Ever since I found out that Les Paul plays every monday at Iridium, and that he's still alive, I've wanted to check it out. I love The Gibson Les Paul Guitar (mine is a 1975 Recording, and believe it to be the most banging guitar ever. Also, Slash plays them.
So my girl took me there for my birthday last monday, and we had a blast. Sure it was touristy, overpriced and dangerously close to Times Square, but at 92 years old Les isn't gonna be around much longer, so what the hell.
An accute arthritis suffer, Les can't really hit all the notes anymore or stick his signature fretboard hops and fatback strums. But at his age, most of us will be talking to hallucinations of Borat while sitting in our own shit.
The Wizard of Waukesha could give a fuck. For example, a knucklehead ran up to the stage to take a picture of Les, who proceeded to give him the finger at the last second. Funny! There was a feedback problem at one point, so he stopped the show to scold the dumbass engineer threatening to dock his pay. Ha, Ha! Les likes to talk shit, joke about taking Viagra, and about humping his female bassist. He is a fisty old codger — that of legend.