Can Paul Shaffer Read Music?
After "Late Show" Ended, Shaffer, the Bald, Wry, Erudite Canadian Who Punctuated Letterman's Jokes with Sub-Ed Mcmahon Cackles for 33 Year's, Had Little to Do...
After "Late Show" ended, Shaffer, the bald, wry, erudite Canadian who punctuated Letterman's jokes with sub-Ed McMahon cackles for 33 years, had little to do. He told Newsweek he planned to learn to sight-read music, play the Hammond organ bass pedals and do some acting.
Are Dave Letterman and Paul Shaffer friends?
About a half-hour into his set, Shaffer called Letterman up to the stage, announcing, “This is a show-business friendship of the highest order. It actually goes beyond a show-business friendship. It goes into actual friendship.” ... “He'd say this every year, and I always thought he was kidding,” Letterman said.
Why does Paul Shafer always wear sunglasses?
In fact, it's because of one famous piano man that Shaffer decided to have fun with his prescription eyewear. ... Shaffer found out he needed to wear glasses and grudgingly obliged while still in high school in Toronto, Canada. He got his first break as musical director for a Toronto production of Godspell in 1972.