PAUL SHAFFER PLUS ONE
AXS TV, 8:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: I like it when like-minded, and similarly talented, artists get together to talk craft. I liked it, for example, when David Steinberg talked one-on-one with fellow comedians on his talk show Inside Comedy. And now here comes Paul Shaffer, the musical Zelig who ran the bands for both David Letterman’s talk shows and the early Saturday Night Live, not to mention a bunch of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, talking music one-on-one with a series of musician, with instruments at the ready. And given Shaffer’s tenure in show business, this series could run for a decade before he runs out of guests with whom he’s performed on stage. The guest for his opening show: guitarist Joe Walsh, not only a successful solo artist, and member of both The James Gang and The Eagles, but – and I doubt this will come up in tonight’s TV program – one of the Kent State University students who was present at the National Guard shootings of students in 1970. Just another oddball fact, brought to you by the folks at TVWW.