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Music Monday: Legend Paul Shaffer on The Blues Brothers, David Letterman, Seinfeld and Famously Using the F-word on live TV!

Music Monday: Legend Paul Shaffer on The Blues Brothers, David Letterman, Seinfeld and Famously Using the F-word on live TV!

Multi-talented Canadian was the loyal sidekick to US TV's the Late Show host, a trusted leader of Belushi and Aykroyd's iconic movie band, and amazingly turned down a big role in Seinfeld!

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Grammy winner Paul Shaffer will feel like a long-lost friend to older Irish and British readers who grew up at a time when there was only a handful of TV stations on air in the 1980s-1990s.

The Canadian musician was one of the most recognisable faces on out TV screens back then as a result of being beamed into our sitting rooms every weekday night on Sky…

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