Wish I could find that interview with Les Paul where he said,"When Rock N Roll first came out, I hated it! It sounded like a bunch of wrong chords and shouting!" But of course he ended up liking it and liking many of the guitar players.
Exactly! These two were indeed a combination of great talent. As early as the 50s I just loved listening to their music. You say they were driven apart. I didn't know this and it surprises me. I always thought they were married and that, when Mary Ford died, he continued on. Whatever, the music world has a lot to thank them for and they'll certainly remain unforgettable.
Watching this clip one can see Mary is a fine guitarist in her own right, in an era when you could hear great music just over the radio. I wonder what forces drove these two superb talents apart?Today I think the masses are starving for good songs, containing actual melody and good vocals, hence the demise of techno and disco and hopefully other current bastardizations created and pushed by those of more prurient inclinations with no music in their hearts.
@mindingosafado Guitarist were at their best in the 70s down. Sure fast playing is impresive, but nothing can compare to the sweet sound of Les Paul.
@mindingosafado Music was more complicated back then. So, if you learned an instrument back then, you were surrounded by more complex music and that's what you learned from. These days, the musicians that are promoted and hyped aren't virtuosos at all and that's what many kids today are learning from.
It's funny seeing these big bad ass guitars on these people who are finely dressed for the 50's I mean those guitars aren't even being used to their full potential, NO DISRESPECT WHAT SO EVER.
@firegeek22 i tihnk theyre being used to their full potential, and being played with their best sound. ten times better than all that distorted metal and rock stuff.. and by the way, les paul is as bad ass as the guitar he invented.
@squirrelnutcased Ehh, there all different opinions. I totally respect this music, i love listening to it, however I am in a Rock and Metal band who plays stuff like Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses and BLS, just good rock basically, and I like all different types of Rock, thats why i say these guitars, from what I've heard, aren't being used to their full potential compared to what u get from bands like those.
@firegeek22 it's all built upon other's inventions..They were using it at it's full potential, what you know today about anything, most of the times it's not what they knew about it back then.
@firegeek22 This is one of their slow songs, I would highly suggest you check out Les and Mary's "How High The Moon"... it's an uptempo jazz number, but the guitar licks are almost rock and roll. It is also interesting in that it is one of the first songs in history to have overdubbed guitars and vocals. It's only two people on that track.
@firegeek22 if the music is good then the potential has been reached and nothing more can be asked, whether you shred or just strum if you like the sound nothing more can be asked
@firegeek22 I respectfully disagree. I know what you mean about "aren't used to full potential.". You can add effects and add these other techniques. The thing is, a guitar is like someone's voice. Everyone has their own sound. Hendrix had it one way. Les Paul had it another way. I think both used it to the full potential. Just in different ways.
Yeah the modern standard LP guitar is different they also have the PAF pickups now...Which may be wired quite differently than the single coil pick ups you see here
Hey I just bought this DVD.. Those DVDs they sell cheap. They might be public domain stuff. I was thinking of loading this up myself.,.Guess I dont have to..lol I was thinking..just think Les Paul probably met Abbott & Costello. COOL..LOL
Check out the output jacks on their Les Pauls. They;re on the front, like a 335. Also, it looks like they have only two knobs, and those knobs look like chicken heads.
Thank you, Gary. If you want to hear a fair bit of her being electric, there's a CD called Gospel and Soul Revival. It's not as loud as the clips on youtube, but she has a little combo behind her, and she rocks the spirit. :)
RIP Les Paul. He changed the way we know music. Not only as a player but as an innovator, you can thank him for the multi track recorder. Without him we may be still sitting around with boom mics and one take only recordings.
Don't forget Allan Holdsworth and Steve Hackett! Maybe you disagree, but I think they're both great too. Not to mention a lot of others in many genres.
It really sucks to lose such a major pioneer, though, even if I'm not into this early music very much.
Here's what I wanna know. When everybody gets to Heaven, how much do you think that it's gonna cost for tickets to see Les Paul? And, how much do you think it's gonna cost to see the Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion? I'm guessing $200 for Skynyrd. And, Hendrix will probably cost a fortune. That might sound weird, but that's how I see it.
Hey FDPoopers-How many of your wives can play guitar like that? Les was a very lucky man. Rest In Peace, and may God enjoy the music as much as we always will.
RIP Les Paul, im so very grateful to have met him last year and talked to him for 10 minutes or so, his amazing words inspired me so much as well as his playing and everything else he accomplished, what a humble and awesome guy he was, now we got even more guys rockin in heaven, Michael Jackson is probably recording some stuff, and having legends like Randy Rhoads and Jimi Hendrix and Les Paul record the guitar parts and have Cliff Burton on bass and Keith Moon or John Bonham on drums!
R.I.P. Les Paul. You were responsible for the guitar that made the best sounds my ears have ever heard - the Black Beauty as used by Jan Akkerman. For that alone you are a genius. I hope you had a wonderful life. Never forgotten.
I was thinking about the term artist awhile ago. Yes, MJ could dance and sing distinctively. But Les crossed the barriers and changed the game in many ways himself.
Les Pauls Gibson guitar was one of a kind still cherished by muscians today. How high the moon , beautiful music. Les I hope you give them that music upstairs.
I recall a Ron Wood interview where he talks about meeting Les and hanging out with him at a recording studio. Wood was wowed as Les pointed to various things around the studio, saying "I invented this..I invented that"!
Les wasn't just a talented musician. He was an engineer-inventor who helped pioneer the electric guitar itself, the use of multi-tracking, studio consoles, etc.
A multi-talented genius, he forever changed the way modern music was recorded, and the way recorded music sounded.
Man! A friend of mine and I in high school tried to go to Fat Tuesday's when he played there, but they wouldn't let us in because we were 14 and 15. We were both total headbangers, but we knew Les was the man!
lies, lies. I`m 16 I know who it is but I agree with you to a point. I know kids that call les pauls ``lay paul`` thinking it`s french. It wouldn`t be as far as 90% though.
@squirrelnutcased i totally agree, i just happen to live in his hometown of Waukesha, WI, and so many kids here have no idea who he is, it makes me sad that he doesn't get as much recognition as he deserves. Lester William Polsfuss you will be forever missed.
So were they playing live? I see no mics etc. Always been curious. Thanks for posting this. I know Les' guitar sounds live but was it to backing tracks? Did they do that back in the day? Cheers from the Yukon
they were not recorded on the one medium like they are these days. That means that when broadcasted live, it would have been in time. However, because this is stored on two seperate tapes, they don't always match up :) Mary's sister is doing the backup vocals btw
Ah, sorry about that., I see it now. Did you happen notice on part 2 of 3 that both guitars have a little fret buzz? I posted a comment there also, just an observation.
My grandmother was a big fan of them and always told me how sad it was when she died, and how he loved her so much. And I think it's not my imagination that I see it in the way he looks at her in this clip.
It's crazy, if you turned up on a jazz/pop program nowadays (not saying this is but meh)with a les paul you'd be criticised for being 'heavy metal'. They did twin lead guitar! Iron Maiden! (joking) wooh!
I know what you mean by the cheesy part, but, back then, this was what was in. Now, you don't hear any songs like this anymore, so I understand where you're coming from, but, Les and Mary wrote songs that were just pure.
Yes, yes. many people thinks Jimi Hendrix was the first to transform the guitar tone via pedal fx, and The Beatles when making ''sgt peppers'', but Les Paul had already used effects like phasing, flanging and delay before the 60's. thanks for reminding and send my regards to Asterix
I love their music. I wonder if anyone remembers their rendition of 'Frankie and Johnnie'. I would love to hear it again but I haven't had any luck finding it.
Come close to what?...this is the Godfather that started it all! From Johnny Thunders to Johnny Ramone to Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein to everyone else---this is where it all began! From Les' and Mary's playing came Bill Haley and the Comets onto Chuck Berry and the glorius punk revolution in the early 70's (started by the masters: The New York Dolls)!
That's the problem with people today (and not just young people)---they have no respect for their roots!
correct, vasinger should stfu. I mean you are talking about the guy who invented nearly every modern guitar effect and studio effect used today. not to mention he practically invented he electric guitar and mary ford is one of the best singers ever.
vasinger, you will never even get the chance to play with somebody so great so, don't worry about it.
When my grandpa found what Youtube is, he made me watch all these :) These videos give me some inspiration and I am learning to play some of this stuff at the moment :)
does anybody know where I can find Christmas with Les Paul and Ruth Welcome? YouTube doesn't seem to have it
MrScalzo13 1 month ago
I would love to find this or another DVD of Les & Mary playing together for my dad.
Can anyone help? RIP Les & Mary may you keep on playing in the next world!
Thanks a Million :
edgroove7 2 months ago
Hard to not love, Mary.
coryisawake 2 months ago
Haha feels weird seeing people play the electric guitar while dressing so formally.
Anyways, RIP Les
ultimage7 3 months ago in playlist Les Paul @ Mary Ford
you can really tell that he was influenced by django
guitar5289 4 months ago
Oh those great recording stars Les Paul and Mary Ford...indeed.
spacemanvector32 5 months ago
So good they named the guitar after him..RIP Les Paul..A true master..
alexgalvarez 6 months ago
Damn, how did they live with that black and white all around them?
integratable 7 months ago
Mary had such a pure, sweet voice.
uslines 7 months ago
google brought me here lol
Legoman0323 7 months ago
Wish I could find that interview with Les Paul where he said,"When Rock N Roll first came out, I hated it! It sounded like a bunch of wrong chords and shouting!" But of course he ended up liking it and liking many of the guitar players.
LedWilde 10 months ago
@oldtele:
Exactly! These two were indeed a combination of great talent. As early as the 50s I just loved listening to their music. You say they were driven apart. I didn't know this and it surprises me. I always thought they were married and that, when Mary Ford died, he continued on. Whatever, the music world has a lot to thank them for and they'll certainly remain unforgettable.
Regards,
Horatio Nelson.
HoratioNel 10 months ago
Watching this clip one can see Mary is a fine guitarist in her own right, in an era when you could hear great music just over the radio. I wonder what forces drove these two superb talents apart?Today I think the masses are starving for good songs, containing actual melody and good vocals, hence the demise of techno and disco and hopefully other current bastardizations created and pushed by those of more prurient inclinations with no music in their hearts.
oldtele1 11 months ago
Where did people learn to play guitar that good back then?
mindingosafado 1 year ago
@mindingosafado Guitarist were at their best in the 70s down. Sure fast playing is impresive, but nothing can compare to the sweet sound of Les Paul.
FanOfThings96 1 year ago
@mindingosafado Music was more complicated back then. So, if you learned an instrument back then, you were surrounded by more complex music and that's what you learned from. These days, the musicians that are promoted and hyped aren't virtuosos at all and that's what many kids today are learning from.
LedWilde 10 months ago
What kind of guitar is he using?
GuitarBlues3 1 year ago
@GuitarBlues3 Probably a Gibson Les Paul.
EPSigafoos 1 year ago
I really enjoyed seeing this.
That being said, my favorite version is by Jason and the Scorchers!
ageaxis 1 year ago
It's funny seeing these big bad ass guitars on these people who are finely dressed for the 50's I mean those guitars aren't even being used to their full potential, NO DISRESPECT WHAT SO EVER.
firegeek22 1 year ago
@firegeek22 i tihnk theyre being used to their full potential, and being played with their best sound. ten times better than all that distorted metal and rock stuff.. and by the way, les paul is as bad ass as the guitar he invented.
squirrelnutcased 1 year ago
@squirrelnutcased Ehh, there all different opinions. I totally respect this music, i love listening to it, however I am in a Rock and Metal band who plays stuff like Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses and BLS, just good rock basically, and I like all different types of Rock, thats why i say these guitars, from what I've heard, aren't being used to their full potential compared to what u get from bands like those.
firegeek22 1 year ago
@firegeek22 it's all built upon other's inventions..They were using it at it's full potential, what you know today about anything, most of the times it's not what they knew about it back then.
Man.. this couple did so much..
TheJessy54 1 year ago
@firegeek22 This is one of their slow songs, I would highly suggest you check out Les and Mary's "How High The Moon"... it's an uptempo jazz number, but the guitar licks are almost rock and roll. It is also interesting in that it is one of the first songs in history to have overdubbed guitars and vocals. It's only two people on that track.
rockabillycat1954 1 year ago
@firegeek22 if the music is good then the potential has been reached and nothing more can be asked, whether you shred or just strum if you like the sound nothing more can be asked
myboytheharp 1 year ago
@firegeek22
For what its's worth 'Im an old fart, 61,but, I I sincerely 'hear' you. The saying 'Curiosity killed the Cat' is commonly quoted, whatever!.
Thing is, the second most do not know.
It's, Satisfaction bought it back -The Cat found the ansqwer.
twinstu50 1 year ago
@twinstu50 Wat?
firegeek22 1 year ago
@twinstu50 I get it. These nerds don't.
LedWilde 10 months ago
@firegeek22 Lol you saying that Les Paul cant play a Les Paul at full potential?
FanOfThings96 1 year ago
@firegeek22 I respectfully disagree. I know what you mean about "aren't used to full potential.". You can add effects and add these other techniques. The thing is, a guitar is like someone's voice. Everyone has their own sound. Hendrix had it one way. Les Paul had it another way. I think both used it to the full potential. Just in different ways.
LedWilde 10 months ago
MY LAST NAME IS HOUGH!
TrevorRawks 1 year ago
Mary Ford uses Duncan Invaders at the bridge for those extreme chuggin' riffs!
Seriously though, beautiful and revolutionary music came from this couple.
NeilTheDruid 1 year ago
♪★★★★★♪
TTexas2 1 year ago
Honestly, this kind of music does not interest me at all, but I still want to watch these videos simply because of the skill Les Paul displays.
Therepsil 1 year ago
Her voice sounds like Karen Carpenter, to me. Richard Carpenter should have thought of re-recording it!
vaccavo 1 year ago
i thought they were british
MyLalinea 1 year ago
@MyLalinea Nope, Les was from Wisconsin and Mary was from California.
meekrob 1 year ago
that looks like a humbucker on marys guitar but that cant be
Roxxy1987 1 year ago
@Roxxy1987 Probably it's P-90 pickups. No, not probably. They are P-90.
gigaves 1 year ago
R.I.P Les paul!
mattyboyovadanet 2 years ago 2
Yeah the modern standard LP guitar is different they also have the PAF pickups now...Which may be wired quite differently than the single coil pick ups you see here
Maguirearch 2 years ago
Hey I just bought this DVD.. Those DVDs they sell cheap. They might be public domain stuff. I was thinking of loading this up myself.,.Guess I dont have to..lol I was thinking..just think Les Paul probably met Abbott & Costello. COOL..LOL
dspstuff2 2 years ago
question. what's the name of this song?
classicrockonly 2 years ago
Check out the output jacks on their Les Pauls. They;re on the front, like a 335. Also, it looks like they have only two knobs, and those knobs look like chicken heads.
blownglasslide 2 years ago
todo un genio !!!!!!!!
TheJFC007 2 years ago
dean martin and jerry lewis used to be play at this place all the time. its where they got their start
greaserman44 2 years ago
Was Mary Ford the first woman ever played with an electric guitar?
videocreatorgr 2 years ago 4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe certainly did in the 1940s.
Timmybear 2 years ago
Thanks.
videocreatorgr 2 years ago
God Bless ya Tim-the big bad bear - Bob Dylan told me to go forth and learn of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
GARYTEXAS 2 years ago 2
Thank you, Gary. If you want to hear a fair bit of her being electric, there's a CD called Gospel and Soul Revival. It's not as loud as the clips on youtube, but she has a little combo behind her, and she rocks the spirit. :)
Timmybear 2 years ago
@videocreatorgr yea its weird eh!? so ahead of her time...
And she was GOOD too!
Freethinker12341 1 month ago
Perry Mason was their attorney. Mary Ford had a fling with Paul Drake, the rakishly handsome private dick.
powerkor 2 years ago
Les Paul is real hero, a true American genius and pioneer. God Bless you, and God Bless America. RIP Les.....
mick2cu 2 years ago 31
@mick2cu
God god god god god, true American man.
jonttu100000 7 months ago
Good music thro'. (Maybe at 60's.)
jonttu100000 7 months ago
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julianozain 2 years ago
where is her microphone?
KingOfFools77 2 years ago
It's above her head out of the camera shot
dduffner 2 years ago
I do believe they used boom mikes or Les and Mary were lip syncing
hellin69 2 years ago
Every recording studio in the world has to pay tribute to him for what he created.
His was the first music i heard as a child.
MrClearlight 2 years ago 3
RIP Les Paul. He changed the way we know music. Not only as a player but as an innovator, you can thank him for the multi track recorder. Without him we may be still sitting around with boom mics and one take only recordings.
sitinrevolution 2 years ago 2
R.I.P Les paul
ybiawl83 2 years ago 2
Everyone who has a guitar hanging around his neck has to pay tribute to him..
julianozain 2 years ago 3
an (electric) guitar
drunksingsheep 2 years ago 2
Thanks for your correction. ..
julianozain 2 years ago
a true artist /
s3066961 2 years ago
RIP Les
flibideegibbit 2 years ago
RIP les paul
shittyfuck 2 years ago
Les Paul had more weight on his shoulders than any other musician of the past 200 years.
Good thing his jacket had all that shoulder padding...
kassandrasduplex 2 years ago
It is now official:
Robert Fripp is the greatest guitarist alive.
drunksingsheep 2 years ago
With the kind permission of Brian Setzer
benitojauregi 2 years ago
Don't forget Allan Holdsworth and Steve Hackett! Maybe you disagree, but I think they're both great too. Not to mention a lot of others in many genres.
It really sucks to lose such a major pioneer, though, even if I'm not into this early music very much.
RIP Les!
progrocker69 2 years ago
RIP *cry* life will not be the same
meliketokill 2 years ago
This is how I remember them. A class act you have to love. RIP
blueblazer68 2 years ago
The MASTER of guitar, Les Paul, has left us. if it wasn't for him, music wouldn't be how it is today. From Classic Rock, Jazz,
Blues, Country, etc. Les helped set the standard that'll never be matched R.I.P. Les.
CadillacL 2 years ago 3
That is so true.
JWL65 2 years ago
R.I.P
Les Paul
xxxrune85xxx 2 years ago 14
What a beautiful, sweet, innocent couple. Nothing like the teenagers of today. God bless you both for rocking on. And I was born in summer of 1969.
pinkseashells 2 years ago 3
What song do they play?
I want to use it in a tribute video
Hal0Elite42 2 years ago
It's "I Really Don't Want to Know"
corvus13 2 years ago
now they are together forever:
LES PAUL
CHET ATKINS
MARY FORD
REST IN PEACE,DEAREST FOLKS !!!!!!!!!!!!
WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
everhard1000 2 years ago 3
Here's what I wanna know. When everybody gets to Heaven, how much do you think that it's gonna cost for tickets to see Les Paul? And, how much do you think it's gonna cost to see the Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion? I'm guessing $200 for Skynyrd. And, Hendrix will probably cost a fortune. That might sound weird, but that's how I see it.
RHMETAL 2 years ago
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Thadhens 2 years ago 2
The original guitar man.... the pride of Waukesha, Wisconsin...
God Bless you, Les...
MsMollyBS 2 years ago 3
I wish I had known him. He is the original guitar god.
spinalTapSoundGuy 2 years ago 2
Rest In Peace Lester William Polifus...Vaya Con Dios!
WD40W 2 years ago 4
Hey FDPoopers-How many of your wives can play guitar like that? Les was a very lucky man. Rest In Peace, and may God enjoy the music as much as we always will.
exeter1956 2 years ago 3
really beautiful...good obit in the nytimes too...rip
cadydid86 2 years ago
R.I.P. Les Paul!!
vlvb30 2 years ago
R.I.P. Les Paul inventor of multi-track recording
stumpie0789 2 years ago
RIP Les, thanks for perfecting the solid body and so on ;-)
96, that's a nice age to go, cheers
OXL666 2 years ago
94.........
matt30g 2 years ago
RIP Les Paul, im so very grateful to have met him last year and talked to him for 10 minutes or so, his amazing words inspired me so much as well as his playing and everything else he accomplished, what a humble and awesome guy he was, now we got even more guys rockin in heaven, Michael Jackson is probably recording some stuff, and having legends like Randy Rhoads and Jimi Hendrix and Les Paul record the guitar parts and have Cliff Burton on bass and Keith Moon or John Bonham on drums!
jonasbrosshalldie 2 years ago
R.I.P. Les Paul. You were responsible for the guitar that made the best sounds my ears have ever heard - the Black Beauty as used by Jan Akkerman. For that alone you are a genius. I hope you had a wonderful life. Never forgotten.
mi1964amigo 2 years ago
R.I.P Master.
LPFan3118 2 years ago
A true legend, Rest In Peace
ShaolinShadows 2 years ago
I'm seriously crying my goddamned eyes out right now. He was our Nikola Tesla - modern music simply would not exist if not for him.
JesusKrispies 2 years ago
He's a legend. I wonder what modern music would be like today if he hadn't been here. R.I.P
Miika153 2 years ago
RIP LES PAUL.
He will live on forever.....
ps3FANB0Y7 2 years ago
Never have so many owed so much to only one .RIP Les Paul. Simply put, you were the best. The world is a better place because of you.
hajune 2 years ago
RIP LES PAUL! To me this is a much greater loss than that of micheal jackson
FooFighter516 2 years ago 2
Michael Jackson or any other rock/pop or anymusician would be NOTHING without this man's contributions.
RIP
paramoose83 2 years ago 2
I was thinking about the term artist awhile ago. Yes, MJ could dance and sing distinctively. But Les crossed the barriers and changed the game in many ways himself.
NYVoice 2 years ago
Les paul has died :(
getgad777 2 years ago
What a great loss to the world of music. The man was a genious!
Marbelt1 2 years ago
Rip Les. Another good fella gone. I will miss him..
IsoLepAkkO 2 years ago
You were Special...Rest In Peace, Mr. Paul.
RockyWhyNot 2 years ago
Les Pauls Gibson guitar was one of a kind still cherished by muscians today. How high the moon , beautiful music. Les I hope you give them that music upstairs.
smokeyvelvet42 2 years ago
The innovator of the electric guitar and style. Today is a sad day. RIP Les.
dublinboyo 2 years ago
R.I.P Lester =/
ZOMGdonuts 2 years ago
RIP Les Paul, thank you for changing the world. I will never get rid of your guitar.
fenderjbass19 2 years ago
We love you Les. You will live on in your guitars.
(from a proud LP Custom owner.)
ron7co 2 years ago
RIP Les... We will remember...
MossyOakk 2 years ago
RIP. Glad I got to see him here in NYC several times. A musician extrordinaire and entertainer to the end.
netw3rk 2 years ago
les paul is really going to be missed. he was the best thank you for the sound
dawgu 2 years ago
R.I.P.
creeperSKILL 2 years ago
everyone! Join both of the R.I.P les paul groups on facebook in memory of one of the most influential guitarist and inventor of all time!
SandmanZ3 2 years ago
They were great. I think Mary died decades ago. I grew up on their music - it was certainly a kinder and gentler era as their music demonstrates.
R.I.P. Les Paul
Videobarbs 2 years ago
It's a sad day for the guitar world RIP Les.
Zed1967 2 years ago
Les Paul died today. Aug 13 2009
MrSnuffy409 2 years ago
They must have shoulders made of iron, those guitar straps are as narrow as bra straps and have a hunk of a Gibson Les Paul hanging from them. lol
Zed1967 2 years ago 2
I recall a Ron Wood interview where he talks about meeting Les and hanging out with him at a recording studio. Wood was wowed as Les pointed to various things around the studio, saying "I invented this..I invented that"!
Les wasn't just a talented musician. He was an engineer-inventor who helped pioneer the electric guitar itself, the use of multi-tracking, studio consoles, etc.
A multi-talented genius, he forever changed the way modern music was recorded, and the way recorded music sounded.
Bobjb999 2 years ago
Im sorry, do you know what year this was made? I'm not sure.
djbrandenburg 2 years ago
Man! A friend of mine and I in high school tried to go to Fat Tuesday's when he played there, but they wouldn't let us in because we were 14 and 15. We were both total headbangers, but we knew Les was the man!
skottmjfarkus 2 years ago
hey squrellnutcase i agree with you,dude itssad if they dont know cuz hes the ledgend of guitars and ya,les paul is a hero of mine and i own a ebony
guitarmaniac000 2 years ago
Sorta looks like they're lip synching, doesn't it?
TooleMan87 2 years ago
i bet 90 percent of the kids who play les pauls now dont even know who les paul is....=/
squirrelnutcased 2 years ago 22
lies, lies. I`m 16 I know who it is but I agree with you to a point. I know kids that call les pauls ``lay paul`` thinking it`s french. It wouldn`t be as far as 90% though.
jallstars 2 years ago 2
@squirrelnutcased i totally agree, i just happen to live in his hometown of Waukesha, WI, and so many kids here have no idea who he is, it makes me sad that he doesn't get as much recognition as he deserves. Lester William Polsfuss you will be forever missed.
eternalpeaceandmusic 1 year ago
@squirrelnutcased Fuck everyone of them Les Paul was one of the greatest people to walk this Earth, nough said.
firegeek22 1 year ago
i just want to reach in and grab those 2 gorgeous guitars! x
humbuck59 2 years ago 3
Mary rocks !
JerseyRich732 2 years ago
Both Patti Page and Mary Ford, who had similar voices and recorded many of the same songs, used sisters to double voice in live performances.
waynebrasler 2 years ago
So were they playing live? I see no mics etc. Always been curious. Thanks for posting this. I know Les' guitar sounds live but was it to backing tracks? Did they do that back in the day? Cheers from the Yukon
YukonRoxx 2 years ago
It is not live her vocals don't match up to her lips.
merrilltim 2 years ago
that is because it is tape video and tape audio
they were not recorded on the one medium like they are these days. That means that when broadcasted live, it would have been in time. However, because this is stored on two seperate tapes, they don't always match up :) Mary's sister is doing the backup vocals btw
centerpointopera 2 years ago 4
meg white looks like mary ford.
foolsbetrippin 2 years ago
Why is Mary missing a P90 pickup in the rear of her guitar, does anyone know?
NHfiddle 2 years ago
No pickup missing. It is black. Look closely.
rll1954 2 years ago
Ah, sorry about that., I see it now. Did you happen notice on part 2 of 3 that both guitars have a little fret buzz? I posted a comment there also, just an observation.
NHfiddle 2 years ago
best duo ever?
yes
LukeFrickinSkywalker 2 years ago
thanks for the Vid. Not really live though - would have loved to see a clip of them actually playing the tunes.
drmlabs 2 years ago
She's cute, but you should have seen here back in the 1950's with Merle Travis and Jimmy Wakely.
whitt702 3 years ago
man les paul was way ahead of his time.
15eman 3 years ago 4
My grandmother was a big fan of them and always told me how sad it was when she died, and how he loved her so much. And I think it's not my imagination that I see it in the way he looks at her in this clip.
kayfabe1 3 years ago
It's crazy, if you turned up on a jazz/pop program nowadays (not saying this is but meh)with a les paul you'd be criticised for being 'heavy metal'. They did twin lead guitar! Iron Maiden! (joking) wooh!
containznutzrule 3 years ago
excellent vid thanks for posting it
refici222 3 years ago
I know what you mean by the cheesy part, but, back then, this was what was in. Now, you don't hear any songs like this anymore, so I understand where you're coming from, but, Les and Mary wrote songs that were just pure.
RHMETAL 3 years ago
i luv how mary looks back at the camera when she does her little solo!...so cute
panzerson2 3 years ago
she's elegant. he a guitar genius.
telecaster1963 3 years ago 3
dont forget soung engineering pioneer
Obelisk2290 3 years ago
Yes, yes. many people thinks Jimi Hendrix was the first to transform the guitar tone via pedal fx, and The Beatles when making ''sgt peppers'', but Les Paul had already used effects like phasing, flanging and delay before the 60's. thanks for reminding and send my regards to Asterix
telecaster1963 3 years ago
so this is what they meant when they said "Get a Les Paul" now I get it...
blondex21 3 years ago
If It wasn't for Les man alot of musicians would be lost. Don't take this stuff for granted...
nthband 3 years ago 3
I love their music. I wonder if anyone remembers their rendition of 'Frankie and Johnnie'. I would love to hear it again but I haven't had any luck finding it.
smoface 3 years ago
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Cheesy doesnt even come close
callasexperience 3 years ago
Come close to what?...this is the Godfather that started it all! From Johnny Thunders to Johnny Ramone to Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein to everyone else---this is where it all began! From Les' and Mary's playing came Bill Haley and the Comets onto Chuck Berry and the glorius punk revolution in the early 70's (started by the masters: The New York Dolls)!
That's the problem with people today (and not just young people)---they have no respect for their roots!
OpieJohansen 3 years ago 8
chicks with guitars great
callasexperience 3 years ago
founder of les paul guitar
tomchorus 3 years ago 2
Mary Ford is a good singer, but I like Les Paul's instrumental stuff more. These songs are a little cheesy. But Les Paul is a LEGEND!
No1snYpeslikme 3 years ago
I disagree. Instrumentals are often dull and lifeless. Her singing makes it listenable.
VASINGER 3 years ago
Then you've never heard Buckethead ;).
No1snYpeslikme 3 years ago
go listen to jason becker, or michael lee firkins and come back here
ACDCrocks822 2 years ago
Im a songwriter. To me, the song is what pulls me in. Not fancy guitar licks.
VASINGER 2 years ago
dude, stfu
MusicalLSD 2 years ago
how dare you talk to me that way ! First of all, I have the right to express my opinions here. Go ahead and block me if you want. I dont care.
Goodbye.
VASINGER 2 years ago
dude.....please.....stfu
MusicalLSD 2 years ago
correct, vasinger should stfu. I mean you are talking about the guy who invented nearly every modern guitar effect and studio effect used today. not to mention he practically invented he electric guitar and mary ford is one of the best singers ever.
vasinger, you will never even get the chance to play with somebody so great so, don't worry about it.
gtq838 2 years ago 2
I agree, Mary Ford is really sexy!
greenconfusion86 3 years ago
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Mary Ford is pretty hot. Nice big boobs
Porkchop909 3 years ago
How much are those guitars worth today? I bet a whole of moo laa.
Idolmakercat 3 years ago
I would estimate between 2-3 million. Each.
Seriously. Could be more.
TexasMist 3 years ago
there priceless
TrOoPeR2012 3 years ago
it's strange to see the les paul in this old wid :P
hail les paul and mary ford!
AlexGronstad 3 years ago
true legends.
Castoc1 3 years ago 2
I agree with hajune.....:-)
SrArkie 3 years ago
When i saw her standing there with the gibson les paul a vision of her playing the solo to november rain entered my head :)
anonavatarobviously 3 years ago
THEY WERE SPECIAL. THE BEST OF THE BEST
hajune 4 years ago
When my grandpa found what Youtube is, he made me watch all these :) These videos give me some inspiration and I am learning to play some of this stuff at the moment :)
Kurisublack 4 years ago