Les Paul. Guitarist Extraordinaire. 2
1. Whispering. 2. Chicken Reel. 3. Lover TIMELINE June 9, 1915: Lester William Polsfuss aka Les Paul is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 1928: Les Paul starts performing country music as Rhubarb Red at the age of 13. 1939: Les Pauls jazz trio performs at the White House at the request of President Roosevelt. 1941: Les Paul invents the first solidbody electric guitar. 1946: Les Paul temporarily drops out of music to work on a new guitar sound and recording style. 1947: The technique of multitracking is introduced to the world when Les Paul releases his first eight-track recordings. 1948: Les Paul nearly dies when his car skids off a bridge in a snowstorm. 1949: Les Paul marries singer Mary Ford, with whom he forms a highly successful musical duo. 1950: The Les Paul Show, featuring Paul, Ford and rhythm guitarist Eddie Stapleton, debuts on NBC Radio. 1951: How High the Moon, by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. 1952: The Les Paul gold-top solidbody electric guitar is brought to the market by Gibson Guitars. 1953: Vaya Con Dios, by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. The songs title translates as May God Be With You. 1954: Les Paul commissions Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder. It features a head, designed by Paul, that can record or play back tracks. Pauls Sel-Sync (Selective Synchronization) design becomes the industry standard for 30 years. 1961: Gibson introduces the new Les Paul model, which has design changes made without Pauls …
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@alau18 Yeah, I believe so. I’m writing an essay on Les Paul’s sound recording innovations and from what I’ve read up on, Pattie Page – lacking her backing singers in December 1947 chose to have herself recorded several times.
Like in the record, ‘With my eyes open, I’m dreaming’, she used the overdubbing technique to make four-part harmony.
And seeing as Paul was experimenting with the overdub technique as early as 1930. We can safely assume that yes, she was following his lead.
I know patti page did a bunch of multi tracking in her vocals.
But not sure of the timeline.
Did she adopt it due to les’ lead?
build a wall, and GET OVER IT!!!!!!! do’nt dwell on symantics!!!
The rest of us knew what he meant Poindexter.
The word you’re struggling to find is “Affected”. “Effected” means something quite different.
effected, there wouldn’t be any multitracking without les paul. He was a god
its all sped up
It is terrible to reckon how rock and roll, multitracking, etc. would have been effected if this genuis had not been around
Fantastic, thanks.
The palm muted sweeps on the first song are insane.
incredible editing!
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There are no words to describe the multi talented Les Paul, no one will replace him ever
Gotta like that last image. RIP, Les.
Simply THE GREATEST! Lets celebrate his fantastic life! Youll live forever wizard!
I remember seeing a vid of him ion music class. I thought “Damn he can play!”. A week ago I wanted to find a vid of him playing guitar but I forgot again. Today I got to wikipedia were it said he passed away yesterday… And nobody even talked about it to me… Unbelievable. He was a FANTASTIC player and inventor, even to this day.
RIP You Will Be Missed Thanks For The Memories
rip Lester William Polsfuss
Thanks for a very nice tribute to the original Guitar Hero!
Fantastic job on this video Loved it. going to save it. c]:-)
RIP Les, Thank´s Les
RIP Les! You were the best… one of kind
RIP
There are not enough words to describe my immense appreciation, respect, and like for this man. God, what an influence he was and is to so many. I play on a Les Paul guitar and have recorded on mutlitrack recorder – none of which would be possible without this man. God Bless you Les! And to quote one of his fantastic tunes, ‘Vaya Con Dios’.
THANK’S LES
This was nice, thanks for posting this.
Les Paul will be missed by many.