richy sambora and steve miller from the steve miller band. he is also les paul's god son. steve, let's start with you. he gave you your first guitar lesson at the age of 5. our condolences. i know how important he was to. what are your thoughts about les' passing? >> first, i would like to send my condolences to the les paul trio. it's an immense loss to lose les. he was a great inspiration. he was generous spirit and had a great sense of mischief. and he gave his -- himself really freely to all guitar players. it didn't matter what kind of music he played. so he'll be missed. >> if i wasn't one of the first people to school you and hadn't invented the electric guitar, would there be a steve miller band? >> you know, i doubt it. you know, i was 5 years old. les and mary got married at our house. they spent their honeymoon at our house. and les, you know, taught me how to hold a guitar and showed me my first chords. and so i was just very lucky. >> incredible. >> richy sambora, you were friends with him for 20 years. how will you remember him? >> i tell you, les was such a