Word: musicalization
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Paul Shaffer is finally stepping out in front. Before landing the gig as David Letterman's bandleader and sidekick on Late Night (now called Late Show) in 1982, the native Canadian navigated a long, winding path to fame: from playing music in Toronto strip clubs to joining the original Saturday Night Live band and cast in the '70s - and along the way co-composing the Weather Girls' hit "It's Raining Men" and starring in a short-lived sitcom. His memoir, We'll Be Here the Rest of Our Lives, is chock-full of tales from the 59-year...
...said he had to go feed his dog and left, and he never came back! There was no rehearsal at all. I didn't even know what key he was going to sing in. He comes back, just in time for the show, and I just started the music and he went for it. It was totally improvised. I think that's true reality television...
...Late Show something you want to stick with? What are your upcoming ambitions? Certainly I'm going to stick with it for as long as we continue to do it. After that I think I can just lie down. I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions...
...there anyone in the music business you have never played with whom you'd want to? Elvis and Sinatra and Sam Cooke. Otherwise, I did pretty well...
...advisory that Harvard is an urban campus, which deals with many of the same crime and safety issues found in other cities. The notice urged students, faculty, and staff to exercise caution when walking at night by remaining in well-lit areas and refraining from listening to music, talking on cellphones, or walking unnecessarily close to strangers...