Les Paul - How high the Moon

[theeyesavit]

les paul's playing sends shivers thru my scalp and down my spine !!!

[bostonchip2006]

REST IN PEACE EL MAESTRO

[funkybum]

he looks adorable with the bowtie

[djrobita]

Edward Van Halen is behind Les Paul!! and Stray Cats!

[internetmimi]

I just smile when I hear this. AWESOME!!!!!

[tatu8191]

some old fart playing shitty guitar got 268k views srsly wtf -.-

[abrakadazam]

@tatu8191 Please dear god tell me you're not serious.

[mikey29407]

@tatu8191 if les paul is bad than i can't imagine the horrible things that the beiber kid is.

[michael713ify]

@tatu8191 you know nothing about guitar or music

[lilcarlos366]

oh god!!! is that van halen in the back??? even he has to bow down to the master

[TheRetroZombie]

Happy birthday and FUCKING STOP IT WITH GOOGLE! WE KNOW!

[teneckid]

To be that old and still get your fingers moving that fast is awesome!

[peterpun1]

The original guitar hero!!

[meko33]

I never heard of him and I'm sorry

[Valique69]

Music today has the beats maybe some heart but has lost its soul....Les Paul got groove and SOUL......dam boss man wicked!

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Les would have been 96, June 9, 11. He is still rockin in the free world.

[slpplexi1969]

@TREYOLDHIPPIE Why are you quoting Neil Young on a Les Paul video?

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

@slpplexi1969 my little butterfly, LES is still rockin -dont U see that anyone

can still be rockin in the free world?.. yu R quite young..Keep on rockin I T F W.

[95HAN]

Happy Birthday!

[doubleotwentyone]

Happy Birthday Lester...

[mimasosaify]

this is the first time for me to know who is les paul !!! ..........Happy Birthday :)

[Squirrelishone]

@MuaBezGlave That'd be a brother-in-law, then. Still technically falls under 'brother'

[KiYaKaDi]

Happy Birthday!

[hitachi088]

@huckygeebah he's in heaven.

[knifeman1017]

thank google!

[zxeritross]

This sounds SO good to my ears!!

R.I.P.

[pas22cal]

@huckygeebah He has...

[MetalRockReggae]

happy birthday les!

[Guitarmanblue]

I thought Joe Satriani was good. But He can't do half of what this guy does

[JONBREAKERS39]

wow

[Jacksonrr123]

Happy Birthday Les Paul

[tommy240196]

google jsut bring back the epic old song =))

[nhiue]

google brought me here !

[ba773r1na]

Happy Birthday to the person who gave a miracle to the Rock n' Roll scene.

Hope you have a good time up there playing the guitar for God, thank you for everything you've done, RIP.

[000OOQOO000]

والله انه خنيث هو ويا وجهه كانه خمس طقعات في كيسه

[aghilori]

the God

[tatu8191]

wow this is booring shit

[Alek988Alek]

@tatu8191 youre a boring shit

[qwerkaz]

@tatu8191 Na, you're just idiot who don't know anything about good music.

[Decont89]

8 People shuddered in sorrow because of his death and accidentally hit the dislike button.

[bluebox72]

wish i had gotten a chance to meet him :'(

[helain30]

GOOGLE Brought me here. ^^

[Shootbag]

Happy birthday Les Paul!!!

[sonicscreamingblue]

proud to own a Les Paul guitar! Now....if only i could play like that :(

[nashman420]

Is that Eddie Van Halen standing in the backround saying to himself how the hell do you play guitar like that?

[wildhorsestudios1421]

Les's daughters Uncle plays this as well if not better imho.

[dzava]

@wildhorsestudios1421 Les's daughters Uncle ? So you mean his brother then? :)

[wildhorsestudios1421]

@dzava No I don't. I mean Mary Ford's (aka Colleen Summers) brother.

[puggle91]

@dzava Maybe not his brother - Could be no relation to him at all - like his ex-wife's brother in law (her new husbands' brother, daughter's step-uncle), or his brother-in-law (which is her proper uncle). I have a cousin who was adopted by my grandparents - he had two children to two different mothers at the same time (within weeks) who were both adopted by one of my aunties - he is now their father, uncle and cousin all at the same time!!! Ain't relations fun?!

[MuaBezGlave]

@dzava maybe brother of Les Paul's wife?

[Josh1Joshua1]

@dzava depends if he means his wifes brother, in which case you could reply "so his brother in-law" unless his wife divorced and remarried.

[TheEnglishRedneck45]

@dzava Could mean the mother's brother too. Pedantically speaking that is!

Thank you for uploading this gem

[draxmarvel]

god of guitar

[winterstellar]

Yeah! He should have guitars named after him! : )

[sporqer]

This is one of the coolest riff's iv'e ever had the pleasure of listening to

[peterg11094]

Mr excellent. There is no one better.....What a loss,, May he rest in piece......peter g

[Leedysgladstones]

To have been there...

[Watermellowable]

I spy EVH and BB King in the background!

[gerameketrefe]

Es la onda

[Leedysgladstones]

Is that the Stray Cats in the background?

[graybeard420]

@Leedysgladstones Slim Jim Phantom.

[aaronredcat]

@Leedysgladstones Yup,thats Brian Setzer and the rest ot the Stray Cats in the back.

[MissLittleFo]

"R.I.P. we will never forget you." who's this guy again??

[jes94]

i wish my grandpa was that cool and awesome

[shrivaasdgreat]

Les Paul's Signature "The Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul Junior" line of guitars is totally awesome..........and I AM TOTALLY SCHOCKED why Sir.Les Paul aint on da top 10 or even the top 50 guiarists of all times.....look that neat guitar playing in his age.....he must hav been at least 70......HES GR8.....SALUTES SIR LES PAUL.........

[Itsagasdude]

Inspirational to anyone who cares to learn how to pick. And what a backup band.

[rdocray13]

Learn them scales kids (; Best of the best R.I.P.

[louswire]

@huckygeebah  XD !!!

[louswire]

Ever notice how He seems to get younger looking when he's playing? Music is more than sound... it's something from somewhere else... and there is power behind it.

[lwv6966]

@huckygeebah Ya think! LOL

[bluesman1981]

6 people need to have their heads checked!!!!! les was an awesome guy and a gentleman, very very funny guy and sooo humble!!! i had the pleasure to actually meet him and let me tell you i shook his left hand in hopes that some of his awesomeness would rub off on me!!! R.I.P. les you are missed!!

[Milotic68]

@bluesman1981 its worse in my town he lived down the road a way from my house

[bluesman1981]

@Milotic68 dude how is that worse???? man that would be awesome man!!!!! he would have known me as that annoying boy down the road LOL

[amithabajan2]

Saw jeff beck play this live and thought that was great, but doesn't compare to les Paul.

[brabon1]

@amithabajan2 fyi, beck worshiped paul

[amithabajan2]

@brabon1 im not surprised. and, don't we all?

[jamieariss]

@huckygeebah he should also invent phasing, echo, mutli track recording and vari speed then he would be even more awsome !! :p

[DasGoldenBoy]

@huckygeebah Nah, it would never catch on.

[tracyscutari]

@huckygeebah pretty sure he already has.

[TheElectromagnet]

@ Poster; He also changed the recording world

[jchofler3]

And for you techno types, this was the first multitrack recording on magnetic tape (the original of course). Les over dubbed 8 separate tracks. Hey, inquiring minds want to know these things!!

[jr55ful]

watch older videos of les paul and it's obvious the guy was "shredding" long before anybody. lightning speed with clarity.

[julianbinder123]

i dont even like rock at all.. in fact i hate it and this guy is just so good

its like hes playing piano and bending the notes.. but on a guiatr

[twinstu50]

@huckygeebah

Cheeky bugga!.

Gibbo would like that!.

[jemboybosco]

agree

Fender Les Paul

i see it

[OscarPetersonFan]

Slim Jim on drums?

[TheToocold]

see you soon,les!

[Lexrockstheblock]

i wonder if he died playing his guitar ._.

[flamedize]

cant believe i had a chance to see him play at the iriduim one of the biggestmistakes of my young life

[ogredm]

Truly a legend among legends.

Just look at how great of a player he was, even at that age. Not even Chuck Berry held on to his skills like that.

[theshyguitarist]

I read somewhere that Les Paul was using a Fender Deluxe Reverb in this video....

[phallystorm]

He was the ONE and ONLY .Genius inventor/Player/ He even shredded before Van Halen!! Thank GOD for Lester Polfus

[ronaldvanderkleij]

I thought he will never die. But even Les Paul is a human.R.I.P.

[jasher32]

@ronaldvanderkleij Never die as long as we revel in his music

[quinntissentialmusic]

@ronaldvanderkleij BLASPHEMY!!!!!

[Record208]

I met Les Paul three times , he was a great and nice guys. Renald

[jimmyhobbit]

ADDIE VAN HALEN @ 0.46  LOL

[jerryrigging]

Thank you very much for this post....our very own Wisconsinite

[barbarellagb]

how many thousands of musicians ya think that man has influenced ! i mean, millions !

[amithabajan2]

the man himself!

[natash141]

SHRED!

[psychobillybert]

Are the Stray Cats just hanging out with Lester? Fucking sweet.

[remi3oh5]

I dont think he died, i think he just needed to play a concert for God

[tacklessgamer99]

THIS IS HORRIBLE

[Grizzlism]

Was he playing with the Stray Cats?

[1LedZepplin1]

One word. Damn.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

yes i have both versions of this song. even a vocal less version on london records...

[jimmyhobbit]

THE ORIGINAL SHREDDER WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS..

RIP LES

[Klaymator97]

I always think of Christmas when I hear this.

[blacksunfish]

'hotter than a pepper sprout'

[blingblingringring]

....the godfather of rock...The Rockfather. Great talent.

[marcoperformerlobo]

Hats off for the one & only: Mr. Les paul, God bless him!

[evanrommel]

Les Paul not only recorded some fine music, but he was instrumental in the design of Gibson's electric guitars; built his own designs in his own shop, had a sound-on-sound recording studio when there weren't any sound-on-sound studios yet, and also invented some really wild echo, reverb and speeding-up octave devices that worked in real-time. He even had one little sound-on-sound device he taped to one of his guitars, so as to use it 'live'. He was one crazy cat and will be missed.

[Naruto247576]

is it just me but do i see eddie van halen at 0:52 in the back with his kramer guitar?

[jimmyhobbit]

@Naruto247576 YEAH UR RIGHT I THINK IT IS TOO MAN.......UNLESS ITS SOME COPYCAT WANABE EDDIE...........HAHA

[bikinibug1]

This blew me away - 1st year anniversary of Les Paul's death (is there a better way to put it??) coming up. Will be catching the tribute at the Iridium Jazz Club (where Les Paul used to play) on 49th.

[HoratioNel]

@ engelundgeister: Thanks a lot for this statement. You're right. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. For me, this chap was veritably the best guitarist ever - classic, jazz or pop. Whether there'll ever be another remotely approaching his quality?

Regards

Horatio Nelson

[Mattsteven0]

@HoratioNel well, maybe not one you will hear about through the mainstream. Un-known Hinson is pretty close ;)

[wbutos]

So glad I was able to see Les Paul so many times at the Iridium in NY. Full of life, talent, amd raunch up until the end. He will be missed.

[Mattsteven0]

@wbutos wow u old

[allamericandude15]

It surprises me that Gibson hasn't made a replica of that exact guitar for sale.

[williamgarrett1]

jesus!

[jessedenny43]

geno here is for you from Les Paul chet adkins was supposed to Aappear in it but did not see him

[MetalTillDeth44]

I swear nothing makes you feel like a shitty guitar player faster, than listening to Les Paul

[imavaughanstar]

btw what show is this from? like what is the name of the concert, I take it its available on dvd?

[imavaughanstar]

Love how he plays the song this time round. The original is great, but this time its like he's reminiscing on his life with the guitar in a single song.

[londonwildboy]

when did Les play with the Stray Cats????

[steve7138]

Jeff Beck just played this exact version last night at Worf Trap--to a Standing Ovation!

(Notice him behind Les wearing the whire boots and black running pants).

[KasparWise]

June is officially declared LesPaul appreciation Month !!

[engelundgeister]

I am ashamed to admit that I have never, before, heard of Emily Bear! I shall have to do research, on her, especially since you are so enthusiastic, and complimentary! What I love about this piece is that it sounds as good, today, as it did the first time that I heard it! Funny how "classics" never fade!

[atari729]

god I love this song! He interprets it perfectly, Les Paul does :)

[roadyrider]

A Master at work, showing us how it's done!

[Knuckx117]

This guy is amazing. I'm a fan of more modern stuff, and I still think this guy is amazing. My grandmother let me borrow one of his old records, and after listening to it, I think this guy definitely deserves all of the fame he's earned.

-Rest in Peace, Les Paul

June 9, 1915 ~ August 12, 2009

An amazing and influential guitarist

[DJmeliboo]

Les Paul is sooo amazing R.I.P<3

[CloudNine9136]

I've heard of his influence and his work, but never took the time to sit and listen to his brilliance... man am I sorry, I've watched this among others and I can say that I can see why so many guitarists cite him as an influence. Sir Les Paul, you have my respect, God bless and may you Rest In Peace.

[9876543217303]

It's good that a lot of electric guitarist give this man credit for establishing the sound so awesomely.  I love it so much. I was a kid but I knew this was cool back then when we'd sit around the TV to watch he and his wife's show. thanks for the post.

[MattMurdockCZ]

this rocks!!! I'm listening to this every month a year! Thanks for this vid.

[skot66]

If it wasn't for this man, I wouldn't be playing. RIP my friend. Rock the Heavens!

[WellDressedDiva]

unbelievable -!! No one even comes close to this!

[MRpurplesea]

this is from stray cats gig?

[msy116]

REST IN PEACE!

[pilgrimpage]

Marvelous stuff!  Under the same heading, Les Paul collaborated with Chet Atkins in the late 1970s. They put out a couple of albums. Look for the title "Guitar Monsters," if you're hungry for more.

[dzava]

I doubt it. How about the good old Fender Stratocaster 1957?

[bowslap]

The Stratocaster debuted in 1954. '57 is a benchmark year, for sure, just as 1959 was for the Gibson signature model of Les's. Les and Leo Fender were good friends for many years, BTW....I can only aspire to play my LP(or my Strat, for that matter) half as well as it's namesake did.

[mojo1229]

@dzava Some Les Paul guitars will sell for about $750,000. I know of no Stratocaster whose sale price would come even close to that. Sorry.

mojo1229

[dzava]

@mojo1229 as I can remember... Eric Claptons Stratocaster was sold for 1 000 000 dollars ...

and I can surely find some other :)

[MegaAvenger2010]

@dzava yeah and elvis presely`s log was sold for about 11.000 pounds by the hotel cleaner who went to clean his room and realized he didnt flush the toilet

[dzava]

@mojo1229 Im sorry... it was 959 000 dollars which is the highest price ... the second one was ES 335 for something over 800 000 and SRV Strat was another high priced guitar

[ryanskillz44]

@mojo1229 Eric claptons strat sold for 959 000, do research before you spew random bullshit

[Ryokan01]

@mojo1229 Yo, not to be a dick, and anybody else who reads this I do like les Pauls and this isn't against them or anything, but go look in an encyclopedia. You're gonna see a strat. And another thing, once the 60's hit, most guitarists used the strat for versatility. the les Paul is a great guitar, but a strat can do more. Not to mention, I know alot of people who didn't know what a les paul was until I brought it up to them

[AvengeXKing]

OMG This is why NO ONE fucked with Les Paul...

[mineyouto]

he plays and looks so happy, like i did when i first got my guitar

[therebel1960]

Isn't that sweet? What an axe man!

[narutofangrl]

He died five days after my birthday. Suck. D:

He rocked, though. RIP!

[DmitriOrtsiev]

Too perfect! He's a legend! An immortal! The Best of the best of all time!

[pbthmsn]

Les Paul was the Guitar Man. Rock and Roll was "allowed" to come about because of his hot-cat playing. Eddie VanHalen even said he owes all his licks to Les. One in a million.

[wallofjustin]

I wouldn't have picked up my guitar if it wasn't for this man =)

[pedalhogg]

My son and I saw Les at the Iridium on May 8 09"...we met him and got is Autograph...to be in the presence of such greatness is the most humbling experience I have ever had!

[kjm2672]

I'm curious, in what year was this recorded? Is it available on DVD?

[ZbyLT]

ROCK IN PEACE , Sir Les Paul!

[XandyrEysensteyn]

0:40 = Brains fall out of my ears

[YeAhYeAhYeAhS2]

(L)(L)(L) O_O

[Realflection]

yebba debba doo

[hippiiii]

He was the best jazz guitarist of all time. A genius.

[dietdok]

He LIVES through his music, FOREVER !!

[TheFireloverboy]

R.I.P. &-(

[GregoriousGregori9]

He truly was a gentle man who ROCKED the world!!

[mikirojo123]

we love him. Thanks Lester William Polsfuss for give us this guitar and the first solid guitar. R.I.P.

[engelundgeister]

tuxguys...

Thanks, very much!  I LOVE this!!!

[KobeJames9876]

another genius dead : (

[dyackman]

If I'm not mistaken, the record release of this song was a 24-track recording. That was pure genius, especially for the early '50s! His talent was timeless and he'll be missed.

[Rasprodz]

Not quite. Not 24 tracks as we now now it. It was 24 overdubs using at least 2 mono machines. Still, extrodinarily innovative for the time.

[siempreprimo]

Descance en Paz el arequitecto del rock.

(Rest in Peace, arquitect of Rock)

[aladaris]

R.I.P :(

[MrRightNow469]

Unbelievable. He was so awesome. Is that Slim Jim Phantom on drums?

[ChristyKid]

I remember him so well ... this was one of my favorites!!

[tuxguys]

How happy it makes me to go back to the very beginning of these comments (2 years' worth!) and see all the conversation, appreciation, and, yes, controversy this man's life and work inspired, and still can. Thinking out of the box: after his car wreck, and the doctors telling him his elbow had to be permanently fused, he asked if it could be fused in a curve so he could still play... and the doctors said (essentially), "Gee, nobody ever asked us that before..." A GENIUS by any standard.