Les Paul & Mary Ford: Sitting On Top Of The World

[papajohnviola]

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING AND BEING IN LES' COMPANY SEVERAL

TIMES DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF ANOTHER FRIEND BUCKY PIZZARELLI

ANOTHER GIANT IN THE WORLD OF JAZZ. I WARMLY CHERISH THOSE

MOMENTS. REST IN MULTI-TRACK PEACE LES.

[Jacksonrr123]

Happy Birthday Les Paul

[MrRhoadsRules25]

I love les paul I dont have a single problem with his music, it;s just so care free and happy

[shrubhater]

The GREAT Les Paul just doing things his own way. That's what made him great.

[TL250Rider]

Fantastic

[unclebobunclebob]

As much as I loved Les Paul, I beg to differ with Operalover....we certainly WILL see guitarists as splendid as he was...but not as unique in the big picture...innovator, inventor, musician...in that respect, he was one of a kind for sure.

[Queenie1942]

This is from the very first record I ever purchased, back when I was a teenager. How good to hear it again!

[imlaycitybob]

Very nice editing Paul !

[jazz1bro]

amazing musicianship!

[Operalover12002]

My greatest condolences to Les Paul. We will never witness as splendid a guitarist as he was. I was amazed to realize that the god of guitars lived up to 94.

And this piece deserves to be a masterpiece. Thanks for uploading.

[skyrlopez]

the beach and good music, thanks for that... :) RIP Les

[stevenstreets3]

precious

[trainweck]

Fittting Song.

Les RIP..

8:25PM Aug. 12.'09

[godluckyhoward]

The first Whammy pedal in use, LOL

Awesome!!

[ABSjazz]

@godluckyhoward Actually, Les Paul used his multitrack recorder to speed up the guitar track, leading to the fast, high pitch sound.  He then overdubbed this with the standard track for the effect.

[chkjns]

@ABSjazz Who knows if Les was so clever as to speed up his high-pitched track as to be in tune, or if that was the first track he recorded & all the others were tuned to the pitch of the first? My channel of 700 playlists is 2 years old next week, 54,000 views so far! It's organized by me, but built by the uploaders, my friends & 1600 subscribers. This video is on my memorial list for the greats who have passed away these past 2 years. Nice to see the next generation here as we honor another!

[TheWozzak]

Les Paul is a stand alone. Who is this Page person?

[kotekotekitty]

page?

[rockabillycat1954]

mary ford, (real name colleen sommers) was les paul's wife and musical collaborator in the early 50's.

[PsychoJack2u2]

Les Paul was amazing I remember a few years back seeing him and Chet Atkins perfom a kind of dueling guitars was so cool to watch two of the greatest players ever.

[crohns4life]

castles made of sand woul dof been more appropiate

[tardisdrwho2007]

great film and great song.

[susanh110]

ha ha I meant to say half speed

[susanh110]

Thankyou! I was looking for the original song for my history of rock music class since I have a listening quiz with my midterm!The "chipmunk" sounding guitar is a result from them recording it at half the speed. They also used overdubbing thats why her voice is not a chipmunk. ahhhhh soooo much to know before the test!!

[jhamilton54]

Most people think this is a synthesizer sound, but its an electric guitar in the hands of the great Les Paul. Listen and learn...Les is more!

[MikeIdy6000]

This was my favorite song when I was about that kid's age.

Love that swingin sound and the harmony!

[chuntoon007]

jsut singgin a song

[mazdaplz]

just running along!!!

[byyoshi1969]

what a tone! this play have radiant!!! -rapidly high-

[ldFlorida]

Cute video!  Very Creative. With the awesome music of Les Paul and Mary Ford!

[spunkyjoanie]

Memories float in my head to the melodies of Les Paul and Mary Ford.Fantastic Music.

[rilassata]

Beautiful music, great audio. Nice - but (to me not wonderfully appropriate) vidj. But my compliments on having uploaded this superb music - Les Paul's multitracking using prmitive equipment is worth a whole lot of dscussion, and Mary Ford has a lovely voice. Thanks for making it available.

[pinkieldred]

OOPS ...and of course that adorable little person!

[pinkieldred]

Beautifully done...This is absolutely what the world should be about! Awesome music and stunning nature doing it all together.

[shenko101]

Awesome place Port Eynon ... luv your vid will be taking my Grandson there this year camping...