Often called 'The Father Of The Electric Guitar', Les Paul was probably the most influential guitarist ever. Les was not only an amazing musician, he was an inventor, innovator,multi-grammy winner,rock and roll hall of famer.

Les Played at The Iridium for over 12 years and he was a great friend. To honor him, we present amazing guitarists from all genres of music- we also donate 20% of the door to The Les Paul Foundation. Donations can be made to the Les Paul Foundation, 236 West 30th Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

Mondays are definitely the hippest guitar hang in the world and we think Les Paul would be proud! You will see lots of surprises and guys that normally do not play such intimate venues!


Joining the Les Paul trio this night will be the legendary Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter.

Jeffrey 'Skunk' Baxter has had a long and successful career in the music and entertainment fields as a founding member of the group Steely Dan, a member of the Doobie Brothers and as a record producer for such artists as Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys, Nils Lofgrin and The Stray Cats. He has toured with such bands as The Stray Cats, Elton John, Julian Lennon and Linda Ronstadt. He has been a studio musician for 35 years, recording with such artists as Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Ringo Starr and Rod Stewart, and has composed music for movies and television including the original theme for “Beverly Hills, 90210”, music for “King of the Hill” and scoring for movies like Bull Durham and Roxanne. During that time, he earned over 16 gold and platinum albums, singles and 2 Grammys. He worked as a design engineer/consultant for Akai, Roland, Audio-Technica and Fender. He is currently working on his first solo record, and is still actively involved as a guitarist, composer, producer and engineer. www.gibson.com/player/mar03/baxter