1.5 oz Reposado Tequila
3 oz fresh watermelon puree
1 oz sour
splash of sprite

Recipe from the tag of a bottle of Cabo Wabo Reposado I received as a gift.

He passed away yesterday at the age of 94. This is one of those few times in recent memory where I find myself actually emotionally affected by a celebrity’s death. I’m actually a bit sad. You probably already have heard the highlights of his life and career: inventor of the solid body electric guitar, inventor of multi-track recording, over-dubbing, various delays, and phasing, virtuoso guitarist and composer, and top 40 recording artist from the 1940s – 1960s.

I’ve been playing electric guitar for 20 years and for a few years before that as a kid I wanted to learn how to play…simply because the electric guitar was so damn cool. As a musician I feel immense gratitude to the man who really made the guitar become a “hero” of instruments..no longer relegated to the background but really becoming the lead instrument. Without him modern music simply wouldn’t exist.

Some friends and I had this plan to fly out to New York City for a day just to see Les Paul play at the Irridium jazz club to catch his weekly gig. Now I really feel bad for not making it happen.

Anyway, my guitars and amp seem a bit more precious this morning. We lost a friend, a hero, a teacher and a great explorer. I’ve heard and read various accounts saying that the man was also a genuine nice guy. If you play guitar strum a little over the weekend. I will be.

RIP Les Paul…. you will be missed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul

2 oz Cabo Wabo Reposado tequila
2 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz Triple Sec
Splash of Blue Curacao

Recipe from the tag of a bottle of Cabo Wabo Reposado I received as a gift.

So two years ago I made a digital painting called “The Searchers”.   I’ve been thinking about their world and their story, so here are two character designs as well as the original image that sparked it all. These were done entirely in photoshop.

Well actually, I forgot about it. It’s not like it was stolen or anything – it was on my protable hard drive the whole time. Anyway, this was  done in like an hour or so in photoshop.