He designed the best electric guitar in history, dozens of patents, and had a beautiful wife who played, he had it all. What a legend. This beats anything new on the radio today. And always will.
The M.C. is Jimmie Rodgers, the great singer of "Honeycomb" fame. I'm sure this was from his television show. Good to see Les and Mary. My parents bought a bunch of their LPs when I was a kid. Their music was a staple in our house.
Les Paul was an ace showman especially when miming on tv shows. To see Les real musicianship you had to see him live at The Iridium in New York which I did. He was ace and should have been above the bs he often put out.
Les and Mary were big in the early '50s...In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly decided to pursue a career in music....In 1960, he and Mary Ford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....And by 1964 Les was retired and divorced from Mary.
@@derekjones8944 Those clanky tones he got from overdubbing and speeding up the tape reels. There is only one way to get that sound live from a guitar and it is a syth. They did not have them back then so this is obviously air jamming the song to a recording. Sure, he really could play that fast but obviously but it would not sound like that. If you really listen you can hear a "normal" guitar tone in most of the stuff way low in the mix but again that is from overdubbing or maybe he actually was playing very low volume with the recording. Either way, you can hear multiple riffs and solos so with her playing the main rhythm and him playing the lead there would need to be more guitarists to get that sound even if they had syths back then which they did not.
@@evilstalkerhorne Thanks for the info, but I was responding to the concurrence of the other two on the idea/suggestion that no one of the caliber of a Les Paul has shown up on the scene in recent history, when in fact there are scores of them out there - which could easily be discovered by just a quick perusal through youtube if they would only bother to make the effort!
I'm trying to decipher Les' sound on the solos of the first song. To my ear, it sounds like a guitar, a piano, and maybe a banjo, all playing in unison.
It's a guitar played at half tempo sped up by 2x overdubbed a few times, then he's playing over that in normal tempo, which comes out as an octave lower than the sped up parts.
Flat top LP Custom with homemade pickups, probably the same guitar that eventually wound up with his long suffering( rarely if ever got paid) guitar tech who restored it to playing condition and sold it for 330K over the endless bitching of some members of the so called guitar collector community. Almost immediately after the introduction of the first Less Paul guitars, Paul rarely played the actual production models. Gibson would make mostly flat topped husks for him to then carve up and load with all manner of homemade electronics. Gibson would be wise to make a very limited run of some of these for the few people who want to experience Les' "Paul"........... Modern technology has put much of what he pioneered into the hands of players at relatively low cost enabling copyists to emulate his sound and recording techniques. In his lifetime, LP was usually not enamored of anyone who copied his sound. His relationship with Danny Gatton soured after Gatton, a big fan, presented Les with recordings that Gatton had done in Les' style as a tribute. They never spoke again. After Les' tremendous successes in the early 1950s with multitracking guitars and Mary Ford's vocals, he became obsessively defensive in his role as not only a musician but all things relating to the electric guitar and the recording methodology. As years went on, his " act" became more and more of a presentation of himself as the singular inventor of almost everything connected to the electric guitar and recording. While his contributions are vital to the foundations of post war electric guitar playing and multitrack recording technology , there are many other people he conveniently ignored and/ or fabricated mostly lesser roles for regarding their contributions in constantly retelling his version of events to audiences until the end.
For a while in the ‘70s, Gibson had the “Les Paul Recording” model, which more closely resembled the electronics setups developed and used by the man himself.
@@GH-oi2jf yes. She wanted a baby, and Les wanted her to keep on working so he co-erced her into adopting a baby. His act was mainly faked trick recorded tracks, with Mary singing multi harmonies with herself, and playing remarkable rhythm guitar. After the split, Les quickly faded from the scene as rock and roll became the new wave. Mary learned guitar from her father and brother, who were both excellent jazz guitarists.
He designed the best electric guitar in history, dozens of patents, and had a beautiful wife who played, he had it all. What a legend. This beats anything new on the radio today. And always will.
I'd have been happy with just the wife ;-)
Legendary guitarist on couple.
Sorry guitar was designed by Ted McCarty at Gibson , he was a sponsor , lending his name for the Gibson company as promoter of the instrument.
Mary was a beast on the six string...true leader
The M.C. is Jimmie Rodgers, the great singer of "Honeycomb" fame. I'm sure this was from his television show. Good to see Les and Mary. My parents bought a bunch of their LPs when I was a kid. Their music was a staple in our house.
Les Paul was an ace showman especially when miming on tv shows. To see Les real musicianship you had to see him live at The Iridium in New York which I did. He was ace and should have been above the bs he often put out.
mary and les were the best they made the gimmicks work perfect so sad we will never have these sounds anymore,Bob Hicks
Les and Mary were big in the early '50s...In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly decided to pursue a career in music....In 1960, he and Mary Ford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....And by 1964 Les was retired and divorced from Mary.
WOW!!!
Both of them burning it up on (what else?!) Les Pauls!!
For cryin' out LOUD, he's doing full chord changes as fast as most people SOLO!! 😲😁😎
i mean there's tons of people who also do that
@@cosmicsnowflake9830 Not like them, there aren't.
Mary was a very competent guitar player!
OMG! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
GOTTA LOVE THAT!
Mary Ford she could play right up with les almost
Even in those years the les paul guitar model looks so fucking rocker!!
Is there anyone like this guy Les Paul? I am no expert but I know what I
like, and I haven't heard anything him these days.
sylvest100 your right about that .... lespaul.org
@@berfsk Both you guys are stuck in yesteryear! smh
@@derekjones8944 Those clanky tones he got from overdubbing and speeding up the tape reels. There is only one way to get that sound live from a guitar and it is a syth. They did not have them back then so this is obviously air jamming the song to a recording. Sure, he really could play that fast but obviously but it would not sound like that. If you really listen you can hear a "normal" guitar tone in most of the stuff way low in the mix but again that is from overdubbing or maybe he actually was playing very low volume with the recording. Either way, you can hear multiple riffs and solos so with her playing the main rhythm and him playing the lead there would need to be more guitarists to get that sound even if they had syths back then which they did not.
@@evilstalkerhorne Thanks for the info, but I was responding to the concurrence of the other two on the idea/suggestion that no one of the caliber of a Les Paul has shown up on the scene in recent history, when in fact there are scores of them out there - which could easily be discovered by just a quick perusal through youtube if they would only bother to make the effort!
Lester is absolutely Bester!
Makes me want to put my guitar down.........(forever).
keep trying.... lol they make it look so easy, i know how you feel
Step aside all you Eddie Van Halens and Joe Satrianis. ...here is the god of shredding!
hahahahaha
Step aside indeed. Makes you wanna cry. Extreme talent, charisma. Just another Sunday for Les Paul
And here I thought that Jerry Lee Lewis was the only one that sold his soul to the devil back then.
Less Paul was best friends with all of them great ones EDDIE is up there now gigging with em now his dad included
...and he did it dead clean with zero distortion.
Thanks Chris!
Shred extraordinaire.
bob733333 lespaul.org
2:17 for the live stuff.
The rest is live too but he's playing over a backing track.
ho.www woat hi was soooo cooool super
Феноменально! У меня есть даже винил Леса Пола.
I'm trying to decipher Les' sound on the solos of the first song. To my ear, it sounds like a guitar, a piano, and maybe a banjo, all playing in unison.
It sounds a little like church organ to me.
It's a guitar played at half tempo sped up by 2x overdubbed a few times, then he's playing over that in normal tempo, which comes out as an octave lower than the sped up parts.
First time I've seen a Bigsby on Les Paul's guitar?
👀👀👀 DAYUM LESSSSSS!!!
Man oh man. They should name a guitar after that guy.
they did....the Gibson les paul
You catch on fast, Tony. I owned a Les Paul for some time and sold it for more than I originally paid for it.
Awesome. What are names of the tunes?
youtube, DON'T SUGGEST THIS VIDEO TO ME ANYMORE. YOU'VE SUGGESTED IT OVER 100 TIMES NOW AND I STILL DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.
Stop being rude
Flat top LP Custom with homemade pickups, probably the same guitar that eventually wound up with his long suffering( rarely if ever got paid) guitar tech who restored it to playing condition and sold it for 330K over the endless bitching of some members of the so called guitar collector community.
Almost immediately after the introduction of the first Less Paul guitars, Paul rarely played the actual production models.
Gibson would make mostly flat topped husks for him to then carve up and load with all manner of homemade electronics.
Gibson would be wise to make a very limited run of some of these for the few people who want to experience Les' "Paul"...........
Modern technology has put much of what he pioneered into the hands of players at relatively low cost enabling copyists to emulate his sound and recording techniques.
In his lifetime, LP was usually not enamored of anyone who copied his sound.
His relationship with Danny Gatton soured after Gatton, a big fan, presented Les with recordings that Gatton had done in Les' style as a tribute. They never spoke again.
After Les' tremendous successes in the early 1950s with multitracking guitars and Mary Ford's vocals, he became obsessively defensive in his role as not only a musician but all things relating to the electric guitar and the recording methodology.
As years went on, his " act" became more and more of a presentation of himself as the singular inventor of almost everything connected to the electric guitar and recording.
While his contributions are vital to the foundations of post war electric guitar playing and multitrack recording technology , there are many other people he conveniently ignored and/ or fabricated mostly lesser roles for regarding their contributions in constantly retelling his version of events to audiences until the end.
You mean Les DIDN'T invent electricity??
Given enough time, I'm sure he would have worked it in to his remarks, somehow.
For a while in the ‘70s, Gibson had the “Les Paul Recording” model, which more closely resembled the electronics setups developed and used by the man himself.
hy was thevbest ft
om the world
it"s a P-90 love,,,
So...his act was a combination of ersatz geniality and electronic gadgetry? Mary seemed genuinely kind.
This is pre recorded ;(
His guitar looked bigger than hers
that's what is called "perspective"
faster...faster...faster. hurry up and finish. Ohhh...too late
Gary Moore knew how to pick the right note !! Paul , you are good but not in my time !!! just asking what scaling r u using lol
Bruce lee
Mary Ford was the better guitarist. She eventually grew tired of Les Paul.
and bought a Fender Strat.
. . . I can imagine.
Lol don’t be rude ...wow
She tired of being in show business.
@@GH-oi2jf yes. She wanted a baby, and Les wanted her to keep on working so he co-erced her into adopting a baby. His act was mainly faked trick recorded tracks, with Mary singing multi harmonies with herself, and playing remarkable rhythm guitar. After the split, Les quickly faded from the scene as rock and roll became the new wave. Mary learned guitar from her father and brother, who were both excellent jazz guitarists.