Paul Shaffer - Wikipedia
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [2] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [3] [4] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band - Wikipedia
Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band is an American musical ensemble led by Paul Shaffer. It was David Letterman's house band for 33 years. The band formed in 1982 to serve as house band for NBC's Late Night with David Letterman.
BIOGRAPHY For 33 years Paul Shaffer served as David Letterman…
For 33 years Paul Shaffer served as David Letterman's musical director and sidekick. Paul began his career in 1972 as musical director of the Toronto production of "Godspell."
Paul Shaffer: Life After Letterman - Newsweek
May 13, 2015 · For 33 years, Paul Shaffer has been the warm to David Letterman's cool, the Ed to his Johnny and the Peaches to his Herb. So what happens when the world's greatest sidekick has to go...
How Paul Shaffer Really Felt About Working With David Letterman …
May 10, 2023 · In the following, we're going to take a closer look at their time together, and how Shaffer feels about his relationship to David Letterman. We'll reveal that Shaffer had actually turned down the offer to work alongside Dave at the start, but ended up reconsidering, and boy is he happy that he did.
Paul Shaffer opens up about working with David Letterman
Mar 9, 2022 · Among his many accomplishments, which include a Grammy and three Emmy nominations over the last 50 years, what made Paul Shaffer a household name was his work on "Late Night with David...
Why Paul Shaffer Initially Turned Down David Letterman
Jan 20, 2024 · Paul Shaffer enjoyed a long career as David Letterman ’s bandleader and sidekick, however he initially turned down the job. “I got a call right as my five years on SNL were ending and everybody...
Interview: Paul Shaffer on ‘SNL,’ Letterman, Blues Brothers - Vulture
Feb 1, 2022 · Forty years after Late Night With David Letterman began broadcasting from NBC Studio 6A at 30 Rock, the show is rightly hailed as a classic. And taken on their own, Paul Shaffer’s 33 years...
PAUL SHAFFER LIFE AFTER LETTERMAN - New York Lifestyles …
Jun 15, 2017 · For more than three decades Paul Shaffer was America’s favorite late night music man leading his band on both NBC’s Late Night With David Letterman and CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman. His solo album Coast To Coast brought him his first Grammy nomination.
Paul Shaffer talks David Letterman, co- writing disco classic
Mar 3, 2022 · Paul Shaffer has been omnipresent in the general pop culture landscape for half a century. A household name thanks to his decades as David Letterman's on-air right-hand-man, Shaffer has...