Paul Shaffer enjoyed a long career asDavid Letterman’s bandleader and sidekick, however he initially turned down the job. “I got a call right as my five years onSNLwere ending and everybody was leaving,” Shaffer recalled during an appearance on theKenny Aronoff Sessionspodcast. The keyboard...
When David Letterman needed a theme song for his new Netflix show,My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, he turned to — who else? — his longtime late-night TV bandleader,Paul Shaffer. The resulting tune (which can be heard in the first episode, available to stream now) is full of chee...
a fixture of the Ed Sullivan theater since 1993. He not so much walked as ran onto the set as announcer Alan Kalter bellowed his name and bandleader Paul Shaffer played the familiarLate Showdiddy, an impeccable beginning to what Lettermancalled“the ...
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An interview with Paul Shaffer, the bandleader of the television program "Late Show With David Letterman," is presented. He discusses his first meeting with the show's host David Letterman. He talks about his relationship with Letterman. Also, he talks about his future plans after the end ...
"I was here early—so you do owe Paul," Lohan cracked, implying that Letterman had bet bandleaderPaul Shafferthat his guest would be late. NEWS: Lindsay back on the market after breakup After reading a few fake news stories, such as, "Lindsay Lohan was on theTodayshow this morning. The...
An interview with Paul Shaffer about his time as bandleader on David Letterman’s late-night shows, ‘SNL,’‘The Blues Brothers,’ and more.
“Paul?! What are you doing here?!” Shaffer, who spent 33 years as Letterman’s bandleader on Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993) and The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-2015), is stepping into his old late-night groove this week as The Tonight Show’s temporary h...
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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will also perform on Monday, backed by Letterman’s long-time bandleader Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra. Bill Murray will be Letterman’s Tuesday guest, a fitting bookend as the comedy star was the host’s first guest on his Late Night debut on F...