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Google Honors Les Paul

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Before you get your panties in a bunch, yes, I know that it was yesterday that Google honored Les Paul with a strummable logo. However, yesterday got hectic and went by before I could say something about it. So, here’s a little bit about how Les Paul influenced my life:

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I’ve been playing guitar for just about 14 years now. I started out on an acoustic because my teacher recommended it to build callouses. However, from the very beginning, I wanted a Les Paul. That was my dream guitar. And not some shocking color situation either. I wanted a vintage sunburst Les Paul that showed wood grain, so that I could see the beauty of the instrument itself. Well, a year after I started lessons, I got an Epiphone Special as a gift. Mind you, this was before the Epiphone Special series went to complete garbage. No, this Special actually had weight and feel to it. 
Anyways, that guitar is still mine. As a matter of fact, I’ve modded the everliving hell out of it (leave a comment if you want me to make a video talking about/showing my modifications), leaving nothing original but the wood (pretty much). I’ve used my guitar to play in bands ranging from indie rock to latin funk to metal. It’s got dings and scratches on it from years of use, adding to its character. It’s my Les Paul and it’s a part of me. 

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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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