On Tuesday - Get Ready To Rock
Newark Star Ledger, NJ
August 28, 2005
With its less-than-dignified exhortation, "Rock 'n' roll, hoochie koo, lordy mama, light my fuse," Rick Derringer's 1974 hit "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo" is just about the last song you would expect gentlemanly nonagenarian Les Paul to record.
But there it is, on Paul's new album, "American Made World Played."
Other tracks include remakes of Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Lovin' You" (featuring growling vocals by Billy Gibbons of Z.Z. Top) and Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" (a collaboration with Miller himself). There is some pop, soul and funk on the album, but for the first time in Paul's nearly 70-year recording career -- which started years before rock was born -- the dominant style is rock.
"American Made World Played" comes out on the Capitol/EMI label Tuesday, less than three months after Paul's 90th birthday.
"Who at 90 years old would go play rock?" asked the guitarist and inventor during a recent backstage interview at the Manhattan jazz club Iridium, where he presents two shows every Monday night. "It's just ridiculous enough for me to do, and enjoy doing it."
Others on the album include veterans such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Aerosmith's Joe Perry, as well as relative youngsters like Joss Stone and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi joins Paul for a steamy version of Paul McCartney's "Let Me Roll It," while Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls croons the U2 song, "All I Want Is You"....
August 28, 2005
With its less-than-dignified exhortation, "Rock 'n' roll, hoochie koo, lordy mama, light my fuse," Rick Derringer's 1974 hit "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo" is just about the last song you would expect gentlemanly nonagenarian Les Paul to record.
But there it is, on Paul's new album, "American Made World Played."
Other tracks include remakes of Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Lovin' You" (featuring growling vocals by Billy Gibbons of Z.Z. Top) and Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" (a collaboration with Miller himself). There is some pop, soul and funk on the album, but for the first time in Paul's nearly 70-year recording career -- which started years before rock was born -- the dominant style is rock.
"American Made World Played" comes out on the Capitol/EMI label Tuesday, less than three months after Paul's 90th birthday.
"Who at 90 years old would go play rock?" asked the guitarist and inventor during a recent backstage interview at the Manhattan jazz club Iridium, where he presents two shows every Monday night. "It's just ridiculous enough for me to do, and enjoy doing it."
Others on the album include veterans such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Aerosmith's Joe Perry, as well as relative youngsters like Joss Stone and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi joins Paul for a steamy version of Paul McCartney's "Let Me Roll It," while Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls croons the U2 song, "All I Want Is You"....
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