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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).
Paul Shaffer: one season (1979-1980) ... Paul Brittain joined the "Saturday Night Live" cast in 2010. During his time on the "SNL" stage, he portrayed stars like James Franco and Johnny Depp, as ...
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 ...
Paul Shaffer: 1979–1980: 1 ... Saturday Night Live cast members with the longest tenures Performer No. of seasons [b] Years on the show Notes Kenan Thompson:
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 ...
'Saturday Night' depicts the 90 minutes leading up to the very first episode of 'SNL' — but it takes some liberties with the truth. Here's what's fact and what's fiction.
Shaffer and trombonist Malone had first worked together in 1975, as original members of the Saturday Night Live Band; they had also helped organize the original Blues Brothers in 1978. [10] Kapler and Chez occasionally sat in with the World's Most Dangerous Band starting in 1988.
Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – keyboards, arranger (Saturday Night Live Band, does not appear in the film) Murphy Dunne – keyboards, tambourine (appears in the film due to Paul Shaffer's commitment to perform with Gilda Radner in Gilda Live!, and toured with the band in the summer of 1980) Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – trumpet (Saturday Night ...