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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).
Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952) is a South African session drummer, perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. [1] David Letterman , for whom the band served as house band on his late-night talk shows , often referred to Fig as "Anton Zip" or " Buddy Rich Jr." Fig is also well ...
David Letterman's longtime bandleader, Paul Shaffer, got his start on TV as a member of SNL's house band, playing keyboards from the show's start until 1980. Shaffer regularly popped up in ...
Shaffer in turn would often admit to having been too distracted with his performance of the music. On an episode in June 2003, the curtain rose to reveal members of the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils. Martin Brodeur hoisted the trophy, leading the crowd in a chant of "Devils! Devils!" Letterman and Shaffer ruled it as definitely ...
Paul Shaffer (1979-1980) 10: After being the band's pianist for the first five seasons, he joined the cast during season five, being credited sporadically throughout the season, but left with the rest of the original cast and writers after the finale. He hosted SNL in 1987, making him the only member of the house band to do so. Robert Smigel ...
Eric Gardner, a producer and talent manager whose famous clients included Todd Rundgren, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, Paul Shaffer and many others, died July 19 at age 74. Family members said ...
Musician and future Academy Award winning film composer Howard Shore was the original musical director and bandleader from 1975 until 1980. Paul Shaffer (himself, one of the original band members from 1975-1980) recounted that Jean Doumanian (who was taking over as the executive producer for season 6 of Saturday Night Live) offered him to be the new musical-director in light of Howard Shore ...
Ryan Routh with his wife, Kathleen Shaffer, in an undated Facebook picture. Facebook/Kathleen Shaffer When he goes to a different public square, he is also hounded by authorities and Ukrainians ...