My God... walk esha? wok eh sha... as most everything great in america is gone this is not a surprise. Go midwest and western states. stand up for freedom from govt and big box stores... tough call to put your money where your mouth is... govt pensions and unions got to go. sorry for politics... les wouldn't have made it in today's USA. gotta get back to where work and innovation was a quality..... not castigating the successful and inventors.
If it wasn't for Les and multi track and solid body guitars, his inventions I don't think rock and roll would be like it is today! He's the MAN! Les Paul!!!!!
To the doubters ~ The R&R Family Tree has a solid trunk, laid by Mr. Paul. Check the history. If not for him and Leo Fender, we would be listening to our parents music as generations before them had done.
@iloveumyra led zepplin would have never been famous without the les paul sound they are known for...without his guitar..the les paul guitar became a ROCK trademark..oh not to mention he was ALSO an AMAZING musician.
My word...Only just found this track by accident. lt's got to be nigh on 35 years since l last heard this and it sounds just as good as it did then. Les Paul..1915-2009..94 years...that's a hell of a good run by any standard !
If you like Les Paul, you will also like the Steve Miller Band. Les Paul was Steve Miller's godfather, and taught Steve how to play the guitar. If it weren't for Les Paul, Steve Miller wouldn't be popular. Another great work done by Les Paul!
@PatrickA455 Who fking cares if u'r here cuz of the google doodle, Les Paul was and still is, and will always be a legend, and in top of that he's my favorite guitarist and inventor of all time so plz STFO
But Les was an extraordinary man. Incredible talent, and he portrayed the American spirit. He was unwilling to take "no" for an answer, and thus revolutionized music forever.
watch the vid where he shows his "les pulverizer" the precursor today's Loopstation. The riff he plays at the end, man this guy could play and he wouldn't be upset at all to hear rock or metal played on one of his guitars he designed them for technical style playing. His playing is beautiful, one amazing talented man and he is missed. Buying "the world is waiting for the sunrise" tomorrow on 78 and playing it in honor of his 96th birthday an amazing guy and I wish he could have taught me guitar
I cant remember where i heard this but I think I heard in a documentary he was offered like a good chunk of percentage of each les paul that was ever sold by gibson but he turned it down cause he i guess had enough money....THINK OF HOW MANY LES PAULS HAVE BEEN SOLD, THATS A SHIT TON OF MONEY
Why is Michael fricking Jackson even in the same sentence as Les Paul, much less compared to him??? I have never in my lifetime seen Jackson EVER playing an instrument! I don't give a rat's ass what he might have claimed on his albums, he was a lying sack of shit, and I repeat, I've seen zero evidence of him playing any instrument ever. And the only albums of his that were big were with Quincy Jones producing them and with guest musicians like Eddie Van Halen et, NOT Jackson.
back then gibson was good- you could actually show them something with you made with no patent and common decensy would keep everyone safe and even, nowadays would steal it- like how they send American jobs from Chicago to communist China. RIP Les Paul, and shame on Gibson for what they have become.
When Oscar Peterson died, I said to myself 'well, at least we still have Les Paul'. When he died, I didnt only take it badly, I said to myself 'We're doomed'. Les paul was the man who gave us the musical revolution. He was so full of grace, and now, in this day and age, we turn to meaningless pop music and I think thats an absolute disgrace and is an insult to the music he gave us. Les Paul, I miss you so very much.
He was such a groundbreaking genius - without this man there would be no rock and roll as we know it - that its easy to forget what a FUCKIN' AWESOME GUITARIST he also was.
Jackson WASN't a musician, he was a singer. There can be no comparison to Les Paul in any form or fashion. Les Paul himself is virtually unknown to todays generation. All the wannabes need to study the Likes of Les Paul, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Led Belly, Lonnie Johnson, B.B King, Howlin Wolf and Chet Atkins. And lets not forget Charley Patton who Hendrix often tried to imitate. All the great guitarists of succeeding generations studied these musicians. Jackson, he was no musician
@packingone How can you say a singer is 'not a musician'? He played, wrote and sang music didn't he? In fact some of the songs he wrote were big hits in the field of popular MUSIC last time I checked. Didn't he co-write and perform on the biggest selling pop MUSIC album of all time? I'm no great Jackson fan but jeez - what does a guy have to do?
Who is Michael Jackson? What did he do? Did he invent something too? Did he ever have 7 songs in the top 10 at the same time? Did he invent the solid body electric guitar? Did he invent multi-track recording? With out multi track you would not have ANY of the recordings you hear today. Dont have to tell you what the electric guitar did for us. Did he gig out every week till he was 94? Cool then he was just like old Les. RIP Les
Knowing you changed the wold of music for the better for ever.
@steviemack9 I agree. Mike Jackson was a nobody compared to Les Paul.
He was also a pedophile, disgusting person. Child molestor and the only reason he didn't do any time is because he paid off the family's . Could you imagine him doing time in a prison?
Les was a seminal figure in the world of electric guitar and of multitrack recording but for me what marks him out as the special guy he was is the fact that he paid for Django Renhardt's headstone. He was a great self-publicist and after all he had a lot to shout about but his modesty over his guitar hero speaks volumes for his humanity.
Kids starving in Africa? Geez, Louise. If they could play guitar and invent sound like Les Polfus, they wouldn't be. What stirred that comment? Every rock and roller, R&B, country artist and wannabe knows who Les Paul is, and a bunch of starving kids in Africa has nothing to do with America or the context of a great musician/inventor.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach him to play guitar, he will need to work his ass off like LP to eat.
A talented guitarist to the first degree and remarkable music engineer able to produce extra ordinary music with the most primitive of instrumentation by today's standards. And Mary has the golden ear to add vocal harmony. Thank you for posting the video.
Where did you get this video from? I have to do a 12 minute presentation on Les Paul, significant recordings and why every musician needs to listen to his music. Therefore, I need to cite references. Is this video online anywhere else, maybe a more academic site?
ok im fed up with people saying les paul invented the electric guitar, what about the rickenbacker made in 32? it wasnt even the forst gibson electric, that was made in 35, whereas the les paul was developed in the early 50's, and anyway, the telecaster was released 2 years before the first les paul
actually, quite a few people said he invented it, i wasn't talking about the description, and if you look at his other videos, it seems to be an incredibly widely held misconception
he invented the solid body electric guitar. he also invented multitrack recording. he invented it in '40. sorry but if you disagree well the government doesn't. he has a government issued patent saying it's his invention.
@608gamer07 I wouldn't of said he invented the solid body electric guitar, it was already a concept and a working progress like with Rickenbacker's "Frying pan".
@608gamer07 well, it's a big discussion. Like the invention of telephone or television. Some great guitarists worked at this at same time. As "The History of the Electric Guitar" says: at 1946 the Fender Industries asked the first patent for the Telecaster (commercialized at 1950), Les Paul were working at same project from 30s end, following hawaian type (produced in 1952). Nobody can say who came first, I guess. Maybe the hawaians did :-) Just to report my thoughts... not to quarrel :-)
It's funny that people call Elvis the king, and nobody mentiones the man. Maybe because Les was Christ of Rock and Roll. If that's the case, I would still put Chuck Berry as the king.
The world lost a true pioneer when Les died. He contributed so much to the world in terms of music and inventions that are still used today. Thanks for posting this video!
Man, between Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Les Paul, I wonder if there's anything left to do with the instrument. Haha, I'm saying this as a guitar player and anytime I do something that I think is cool or different, I hear it (at a higher level mind you) on some record by the those three gents. I guess it's time to start dropping acid.
i have to do some report on ppl who changed music so when we drew names out of this can i got george fredrick handel, when some other guys got bob dylon, eric clapton, and les paul. im so ticked man they didnt even care, infact they were mad about their draw, i got some classic composer which is wat i sayed before we drew would be the worst thing i could get
Les was the man,an actual technical electronics inventor and...a blazing guitarist....eddie spray painted a guitar with masking tape stripes & put a single volume pot in..was a cool innovator of a certain style..very gd player...Hendrix screamed raw power and showmanship at the max poss. and was an incredible psychedelic bluesman...but really man Les Paul is the Class act of the 3..."If" he had been a "rockstar" he'd have been young popular guitar culture king..long hair,massive effects,a stack
No disrepect intended with my comment. I do not think that you can put the achievements of Edward Van Halen in the same light as Les or Jimi Hendrix. Les was not only a great guitarist but an inventor of recording techniques and amplification not to mention certain guitars that bear his name. Jimi Hendrix revolutionised the way guitars were played, had affects designed and build, but he wrote the most amazing songs. Edward is a great guitarist, he hasn't done as much for guitarists and music
You can put eddie van halen up in that category, but he's not were near as the guitarist as Les Paul was he was the modern day Motzart of electicial guitar playing.
2.les paul sights jimi hendrix as a intravator even thoe les did say he knew edward van halen had done a lot more to change the guitar and the way were play it and aproch it than hendrix did . les like jimi but always favored edward van halen when it came to the change on guitar eddie just did more for the guitarist and guitar than jimi. eddie van halen turned the guitar world on its head in 1978 and over 31 years later no one changed the guitar since edward van halen did over 31 years.
thers only three true guitar genuis's this world will ever see and when the last ones gone you will never see another true guitar genuis. genuis in order are 1.
edward van halen back in 1978 he took the guitar way out of our belefe he changed the guitar the way we play it aproch it and handle it eddie van halen is a true guitarist/musician genuis. out les pauls mouth i have interview's with les were he states edward van halen the most intrvated and guitar genuis of alltime! this is a fact !
it pisses me off that that freak michael jackson got i month of bloody news on tv, newspapers, radio and ather thing. and here Les Paul a man who done more for music than anyone else had ever done. it pisses me of that someone worthy of the title of a Genius did not get the respect he deserved.
Popularity still rules the waves. But don't worry...we're here, and we won't forget. But these Black and White bits on youtube of Les and Mary are truly astonishing....and they did all their recordings in their own house...sometimes the kitchen...sometimes the bathroom..and they literally owned the airwaves with number one hits for years. GIve Jackson cred for being a super hard working performer...and let the rest fall.
@jfkdjfd Indeed. The fact I find most laughable is that Jackson is titled 'King of Pop' while even the poppiest radio stations play only a handful of his recordings. You're like 'well, these songs are epic, but there's like 4 of them...'
@Kitaraorava it's not even that his songs are epic. i will give him what he deserves, but to me it aint much. and you are too right my firend, only a hand full are played, and not that often. i was watching a movie recently and it had Les Paul playing guitar. it was Les Paul and Mary Ford actually, but for my life i cannot remember the name.
@jfkdjfd I think Les Paul got all the recognition that meant anything from people who know the difference. Who cares what all the people who don't know genius think.
@Carthsting nope, i respect Michale Jackson musical legacy. He was a genius for pop music. Les Paul was a genius for pretty much about all music. What Les Paul done, was made it easier for people who made pop music and metal to make it. I respect Les Paul much more because he done so much more. Micahle Jackson had three months in the press, and a man who done more for music more than anyone, recieved no press. That is a damn shame.
He did in some aspect. When he came out with the Electric Guitar, the Pickup and things like that, he did, but overall, as much as he deserved he didn't get it. But, great people always think they have too much, in fact when they deserve. Take Jeff Waters from Annihilator, he is a great musician, he refers to his influences as being better than him when he's one of the greatest metal guitar players ever. Guys like Mr.Les Paul and Jeff Waters are the ones worht listening to and the ones good know
@jfkdjfd I agree 100% , a freak like child molester jack ass jackson, deserves no credit, he was a disgrace to his race! Yeah, he sang good but he was an evil no good child molester, I'm sorry but he will burn in Hell for his sins. Les Paul will always stand upright and decent as a God fearing good Man who followed his dreams and lived the American dream , unlike a low life like jackass jackson the child molester!!
@cdortega72 ok, i get what you're saying but i think you're taking it too far. Michael jackson did a lot for music and was an amazing influence on many musicians. Give him some credit too. Im saying i don't love les paul but i think you're taking this a little far. Jackson was a great musician and that should not be ignored and you should also not speak ill of the dead. thats not cool either
@MrDelete360 I doubt any serious musician really took any influence from Michael Jackson.The kinds of people who take influence from him are pop star/entertainer/dancers.Not serious rock groups or musicians.He was a dancer & singer who had extremely bland, commercial music written for him to perform.I never, ever liked MJ's music. Even when I was a kid with a kid's lack of taste, I heard that song 'Beat It' and it never lifted me emotionally in the slightest.I knew it was empty even then.
@HeavySabre70 okay, well i don't think that you can say that, there have been many great rock, jazz, funk, and other musicians that have been heavily influenced by his music. No offense but just because you didn't appeal to it doesn't mean that it wasn't amazing. I think think that some jazz my oscar peterson is a little hard to listen to but that doesn't mean that his music is empty, he's the greatest jazz piano player that ever lived. Also, he was not bland, his music was crafted exquisitely
@HeavySabre70 by artists such as quincy jones and was as full of emotion, sophistication and life as any of the music around. Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean that they're bad and different people influence different things. I doubt notorious BIG was influenced by kirk hammett but that doesn't make either of them any less great. show some respect for the artists and stop being so stuck up
It seemed odd that Les died right around the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, if not for les it would only be 1 day of peace and love and certainly not 3, Ten years after, Santana, the who, Hendrix Joe cocker and so on,
Ok think about this if les paul didnt invent the electric guitar where would eddie van halen be? And les didnt come from a time where there were distorted guitars he played what he wanted to play. Maby if you got your head out of your ass and wake up we could get along.
Are you sure? Les Paul has just died and deserves some respect - so if there was a choice between Edhalliks comments being clever or stupid - I think most people would go for the latter.
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Face it peopel...Les Paul =Epic fail. First off he doesnt do any tapping or any harmonics, nothing that any Eddie Van Halen student can do. Plus what kind of moron names himself "Les Paul" after the guitar? What a douche, what an ego. That`s like me naming myself "Mr. Fender Strat" Woopeedooo I am so bad I must name myself after a guitar,.
You Duece! He invented the Les Paul with Gibson! They named it after HIM! TARD! and he came from a time where distortion was nasty to hear, he is a legend you idiot!
Mary was something else! She arranged her own vocals, was lovely, had a Great voice and played guitar. She hated doing TV but you sure can't tell from watching this. Her husband played pretty good guitar also...
Watch the beginning of the video. It mentions that Les Paul's mother was descended from a family who were responsible for Blatz beer and Stutz Bearcat motorcars. In the Midwest, there's no shame in being associated with beer. ;-)
My God... walk esha? wok eh sha... as most everything great in america is gone this is not a surprise. Go midwest and western states. stand up for freedom from govt and big box stores... tough call to put your money where your mouth is... govt pensions and unions got to go. sorry for politics... les wouldn't have made it in today's USA. gotta get back to where work and innovation was a quality..... not castigating the successful and inventors.
randylivin1 4 days ago
stunning........
66guitaROB 1 week ago
IVE LOVED MINE MAN!!!!!!!! RIGHT ON LES PAUL AND THOSE LICKS WOULD STAND UP TODAY AS WELL!!!
lespaulowner1 4 weeks ago
Ah! Ces pionniers! Talent et joie de vivre! Un bonheur!
Kanakronik 1 month ago
Today's my first time really listening to Les Paul. Everything I thought about playing guitar has been changed. 'Nuff said.
eccho13 1 month ago
If it wasn't for Les and multi track and solid body guitars, his inventions I don't think rock and roll would be like it is today! He's the MAN! Les Paul!!!!!
Crackers2549 2 months ago
Simply Amazing!
heliflyer7 3 months ago
To the doubters ~ The R&R Family Tree has a solid trunk, laid by Mr. Paul. Check the history. If not for him and Leo Fender, we would be listening to our parents music as generations before them had done.
alienhuman 5 months ago
Les Paul is amazing..but giving us rock and roll as we know it? I don't know about that.....
iloveumyra 6 months ago
@iloveumyra led zepplin would have never been famous without the les paul sound they are known for...without his guitar..the les paul guitar became a ROCK trademark..oh not to mention he was ALSO an AMAZING musician.
arcainjust 6 months ago
@arcainjust You do realize a Telecaster was used extensively on the first 4 Zeppelin albums.
tonypybus 4 months ago
Les Paul was a treasure
fastborzoi 7 months ago
My word...Only just found this track by accident. lt's got to be nigh on 35 years since l last heard this and it sounds just as good as it did then. Les Paul..1915-2009..94 years...that's a hell of a good run by any standard !
crankbv1 7 months ago
If you like Les Paul, you will also like the Steve Miller Band. Les Paul was Steve Miller's godfather, and taught Steve how to play the guitar. If it weren't for Les Paul, Steve Miller wouldn't be popular. Another great work done by Les Paul!
Rock on in the afterlife, Les Paul!
CeeHoff 7 months ago
Happy Birthday Mr. Paul! True American spirit.
Youssef51 7 months ago
Lester Polfus begat Paul Hudson.
JhonnyDaemon 7 months ago
12 people are deaf... don't thumbs up
kastor159 7 months ago
Thumb Up if google send u here! :D
ZuCo91SrBiJa 7 months ago
what's a "whakehshuh"?
I wonder if that's anywhere near waukesha. Nah.
buzzkillor 7 months ago
Thumbs up if your here because of the google thing!
PatrickA455 7 months ago 39
@PatrickA455 Who fking cares if u'r here cuz of the google doodle, Les Paul was and still is, and will always be a legend, and in top of that he's my favorite guitarist and inventor of all time so plz STFO
xXMouadXx 7 months ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LES!!!!!
NICK000DICK 7 months ago 4
I couldn't watch this past the 15 second mark, because the narrator butchered the pronunciation of Waukesha twice.
DanielJamesGang 7 months ago 2
@DanielJamesGang
How petty of you. You're loss anyway.
bathsideboy 7 months ago 27
@bathsideboy your*
lakeloon1234 7 months ago
@bathsideboy your*
TheRainySage 7 months ago
@bathsideboy if you're going to criticize somebody, please learn the difference between you're and your, otherwise YOU seem petty.
olafbigandglad 4 weeks ago
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@DanielJamesGang
I was checking out your video "Chinese Telephones - This Time Next Year" But I couldn't watch it past the 15 second mark, because it sucked....
mitchm3222 7 months ago
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mitchm3222 7 months ago
@DanielJamesGang yup... me too..
But Les was an extraordinary man. Incredible talent, and he portrayed the American spirit. He was unwilling to take "no" for an answer, and thus revolutionized music forever.
bigbikerbo 7 months ago
@DanielJamesGang
yes WAU ke SHA
I so agree
fastborzoi 7 months ago
@DanielJamesGang You didn't miss much.
contrapezist 2 months ago
watch the vid where he shows his "les pulverizer" the precursor today's Loopstation. The riff he plays at the end, man this guy could play and he wouldn't be upset at all to hear rock or metal played on one of his guitars he designed them for technical style playing. His playing is beautiful, one amazing talented man and he is missed. Buying "the world is waiting for the sunrise" tomorrow on 78 and playing it in honor of his 96th birthday an amazing guy and I wish he could have taught me guitar
grassulo 7 months ago
Les sure could lay down some licks..One, if not the biggest tribute to all of music !!
Thanks for vid
xXxStrangleHoldxXx 8 months ago
I cant remember where i heard this but I think I heard in a documentary he was offered like a good chunk of percentage of each les paul that was ever sold by gibson but he turned it down cause he i guess had enough money....THINK OF HOW MANY LES PAULS HAVE BEEN SOLD, THATS A SHIT TON OF MONEY
Whathuhwhowhere 10 months ago
i luv hiom
Bellablu6679 11 months ago
God broke the mold after Les was born. PURE GENIUS!
sglandon 11 months ago
Mary Ford was a damn decent guitarist herself, and she played with Les sometimes, including on TV.
TubeGunner 11 months ago
Why is Michael fricking Jackson even in the same sentence as Les Paul, much less compared to him??? I have never in my lifetime seen Jackson EVER playing an instrument! I don't give a rat's ass what he might have claimed on his albums, he was a lying sack of shit, and I repeat, I've seen zero evidence of him playing any instrument ever. And the only albums of his that were big were with Quincy Jones producing them and with guest musicians like Eddie Van Halen et, NOT Jackson.
TubeGunner 11 months ago
3:44 how the fuck did his fingers do that!?
MyGodzilla99 1 year ago
What song is this again?
andreoesguerra 1 year ago
@andreoesguerra How High the Moon
sineadtunes 1 year ago
back then gibson was good- you could actually show them something with you made with no patent and common decensy would keep everyone safe and even, nowadays would steal it- like how they send American jobs from Chicago to communist China. RIP Les Paul, and shame on Gibson for what they have become.
mattybock 1 year ago
Everyone who either loves or plays (or both) the electric guitar has this genius to thank! His story is nothing short of miraculous!!!
1953jazzman 1 year ago
When Oscar Peterson died, I said to myself 'well, at least we still have Les Paul'. When he died, I didnt only take it badly, I said to myself 'We're doomed'. Les paul was the man who gave us the musical revolution. He was so full of grace, and now, in this day and age, we turn to meaningless pop music and I think thats an absolute disgrace and is an insult to the music he gave us. Les Paul, I miss you so very much.
StephenFiorentini 1 year ago 6
He was such a groundbreaking genius - without this man there would be no rock and roll as we know it - that its easy to forget what a FUCKIN' AWESOME GUITARIST he also was.
babymicrobe 1 year ago
I share this man's birthday...
Chaz6993X 1 year ago 2
Good bio vid...but, as a native cheesehead, it's "WAH-ke-shah", not wah-KESH-ah.
krd58lbrt 1 year ago
warner basterds blocked "how high the moon" what the fuck? Is it 1 on i- tunes and their not getting there cut? put it back up now.
budrakerz 1 year ago
i have the utmost respect for this dude cuz if he didn't invent the electric guitar i dont know how i could exist in this shitty world
wifebeater79 1 year ago
Jackson WASN't a musician, he was a singer. There can be no comparison to Les Paul in any form or fashion. Les Paul himself is virtually unknown to todays generation. All the wannabes need to study the Likes of Les Paul, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Led Belly, Lonnie Johnson, B.B King, Howlin Wolf and Chet Atkins. And lets not forget Charley Patton who Hendrix often tried to imitate. All the great guitarists of succeeding generations studied these musicians. Jackson, he was no musician
packingone 1 year ago 4
@packingone How can you say a singer is 'not a musician'? He played, wrote and sang music didn't he? In fact some of the songs he wrote were big hits in the field of popular MUSIC last time I checked. Didn't he co-write and perform on the biggest selling pop MUSIC album of all time? I'm no great Jackson fan but jeez - what does a guy have to do?
saintrobski 1 year ago
legend!!
cckhoo 1 year ago
it's pronounced Wah-ke-Shaw
spiritassisted 1 year ago
Who is Michael Jackson? What did he do? Did he invent something too? Did he ever have 7 songs in the top 10 at the same time? Did he invent the solid body electric guitar? Did he invent multi-track recording? With out multi track you would not have ANY of the recordings you hear today. Dont have to tell you what the electric guitar did for us. Did he gig out every week till he was 94? Cool then he was just like old Les. RIP Les
Knowing you changed the wold of music for the better for ever.
steviemack9 1 year ago
@steviemack9 michael was a legend, like les paul.... that's a stupid comparison
Aztlnight 1 year ago 2
@steviemack9 I agree. Mike Jackson was a nobody compared to Les Paul.
He was also a pedophile, disgusting person. Child molestor and the only reason he didn't do any time is because he paid off the family's . Could you imagine him doing time in a prison?
cdortega72 1 year ago
Probably a great musician but the music he played was hokey.
DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
did he invented the hammer-on pull-off technique ?
kinggambitabc 1 year ago
only 1 name only 1 legend RIP lespaul great man and great guitarist
xKyoshu 1 year ago
happy birthday Les!
mrlucky777 1 year ago
June has here by been officially declared Les Paul appreciation Month !!
KasparWise 1 year ago
Les Paul Guitar Legend x1000000000
thevipguy 1 year ago
le paul is defernetly one of the most amainsg people that ever lived
willzyx12 1 year ago
How high the moon? Not sure, but it was within Les's Reach.
clean3 1 year ago
He didn't created the les paul!
He brought her from another world!
Leonardoo69 1 year ago
What an incredible musician!
Tonefid115 1 year ago
i like the way she said high school drop out.. XD lol
mykeethedemon 1 year ago
She says Waukesha funny and made ridiculous generalizations of Midwesterners. Thats hilarious.
beenohopps 1 year ago
Many thanks to the late, great Lester Polfuss.......It's neat to watch these old clips and be reminded of the original intent of the LP.
bowslap 1 year ago
sounds like there is a chorus on her voice
slyme1711 1 year ago 2
@slyme1711
they double tracked her vocals
ardellgough 1 year ago
Respects to the great Les Paul !!!
Meowwie1 1 year ago 3
gotta love Les Paul :)
edudzzaj 2 years ago 3
Those bits at 2:43 and 3:15 are very, very ahead of their time respectively.
frankysandwich 2 years ago 2
Very true. That was some early "shred"!
Even Jeff Beck didn't quite nail that lick at the Grammy tribute.
leftygeezer 2 years ago 15
@leftygeezer thats because in the old days you had to have serious talent just to get noticed, and godlike talent to go anywhere with it...
Batmanmg 10 months ago
Not only was Les great, but Mary Ford had a great voice. One of the first to do multi-track recordings.
classicjazzcat 2 years ago 4
Lady, lady - please...It's pronounced waugh' - ke - shaw.
Porchduck 2 years ago
Wow - what a legend!
WellDressedDiva 2 years ago 2
Les was a seminal figure in the world of electric guitar and of multitrack recording but for me what marks him out as the special guy he was is the fact that he paid for Django Renhardt's headstone. He was a great self-publicist and after all he had a lot to shout about but his modesty over his guitar hero speaks volumes for his humanity.
kevinjohnmorris 2 years ago 3
Kids starving in Africa? Geez, Louise. If they could play guitar and invent sound like Les Polfus, they wouldn't be. What stirred that comment? Every rock and roller, R&B, country artist and wannabe knows who Les Paul is, and a bunch of starving kids in Africa has nothing to do with America or the context of a great musician/inventor.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach him to play guitar, he will need to work his ass off like LP to eat.
Let 'em stick to their jungle boogie music.
erneywine 2 years ago
A talented guitarist to the first degree and remarkable music engineer able to produce extra ordinary music with the most primitive of instrumentation by today's standards. And Mary has the golden ear to add vocal harmony. Thank you for posting the video.
Wetoddid9 2 years ago
When was this vid filmed?
Mysticblue106 2 years ago
its walk-a-shaw....not walk-esha...do some damn research.
chrisgiese 2 years ago
Where did you get this video from? I have to do a 12 minute presentation on Les Paul, significant recordings and why every musician needs to listen to his music. Therefore, I need to cite references. Is this video online anywhere else, maybe a more academic site?
DrTorture28 2 years ago
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There are kids starving in africa.
bilbomarks 2 years ago
Alright
DrTorture28 2 years ago
bilbomarks: I'm more worried about the kids starving in America.
Jackle61 2 years ago
ok im fed up with people saying les paul invented the electric guitar, what about the rickenbacker made in 32? it wasnt even the forst gibson electric, that was made in 35, whereas the les paul was developed in the early 50's, and anyway, the telecaster was released 2 years before the first les paul
ross616 2 years ago
of all the things in the world to be bothered about, you chose that? lol
JayFromEarth 2 years ago 2
@ross616 Les Paul was a pioneer in the devolp in the electric guitar. Know said that he made it.
Mysticblue106 2 years ago
actually, quite a few people said he invented it, i wasn't talking about the description, and if you look at his other videos, it seems to be an incredibly widely held misconception
ross616 2 years ago
he invented the solid body electric guitar. he also invented multitrack recording. he invented it in '40. sorry but if you disagree well the government doesn't. he has a government issued patent saying it's his invention.
608gamer07 1 year ago 81
@608gamer07 Talk about passion for what you do.
nerdflanders8710 1 year ago
Hey he's from Wisconsin. I gotta defend my fellow Wisconsinites.
608gamer07 1 year ago
@608gamer07 Who the hell cares??? It's freakin Les Paul, even if he didn't , he diserve the credits : He is a goddam loegend!!!
gnrportugal 1 year ago
@608gamer07 I wouldn't of said he invented the solid body electric guitar, it was already a concept and a working progress like with Rickenbacker's "Frying pan".
MyersUK13 1 year ago
@608gamer07 well, it's a big discussion. Like the invention of telephone or television. Some great guitarists worked at this at same time. As "The History of the Electric Guitar" says: at 1946 the Fender Industries asked the first patent for the Telecaster (commercialized at 1950), Les Paul were working at same project from 30s end, following hawaian type (produced in 1952). Nobody can say who came first, I guess. Maybe the hawaians did :-) Just to report my thoughts... not to quarrel :-)
kishanna09 7 months ago
master hahaha this souns is very funny but is a good sound aahahah is a master les paul
spermatoman 2 years ago
It's funny that people call Elvis the king, and nobody mentiones the man. Maybe because Les was Christ of Rock and Roll. If that's the case, I would still put Chuck Berry as the king.
bisquik3006 2 years ago
The world lost a true pioneer when Les died. He contributed so much to the world in terms of music and inventions that are still used today. Thanks for posting this video!
mostlysunny1 2 years ago 2
Man, between Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Les Paul, I wonder if there's anything left to do with the instrument. Haha, I'm saying this as a guitar player and anytime I do something that I think is cool or different, I hear it (at a higher level mind you) on some record by the those three gents. I guess it's time to start dropping acid.
PDXorcist 2 years ago 3
No way! The first song they played was "Guitar Rag" by Sylvester Weaver! I know that tune for bottleneck guitar!
blownglasslide 2 years ago
RIP les paul
therecruitsmusic 2 years ago
i have to do some report on ppl who changed music so when we drew names out of this can i got george fredrick handel, when some other guys got bob dylon, eric clapton, and les paul. im so ticked man they didnt even care, infact they were mad about their draw, i got some classic composer which is wat i sayed before we drew would be the worst thing i could get
rocktoonist4567 2 years ago
Les was the man,an actual technical electronics inventor and...a blazing guitarist....eddie spray painted a guitar with masking tape stripes & put a single volume pot in..was a cool innovator of a certain style..very gd player...Hendrix screamed raw power and showmanship at the max poss. and was an incredible psychedelic bluesman...but really man Les Paul is the Class act of the 3..."If" he had been a "rockstar" he'd have been young popular guitar culture king..long hair,massive effects,a stack
austingunsmoke 2 years ago
No disrepect intended with my comment. I do not think that you can put the achievements of Edward Van Halen in the same light as Les or Jimi Hendrix. Les was not only a great guitarist but an inventor of recording techniques and amplification not to mention certain guitars that bear his name. Jimi Hendrix revolutionised the way guitars were played, had affects designed and build, but he wrote the most amazing songs. Edward is a great guitarist, he hasn't done as much for guitarists and music
jimi44thousand 2 years ago
You can put eddie van halen up in that category, but he's not were near as the guitarist as Les Paul was he was the modern day Motzart of electicial guitar playing.
Patsun9 2 years ago
2.les paul sights jimi hendrix as a intravator even thoe les did say he knew edward van halen had done a lot more to change the guitar and the way were play it and aproch it than hendrix did . les like jimi but always favored edward van halen when it came to the change on guitar eddie just did more for the guitarist and guitar than jimi. eddie van halen turned the guitar world on its head in 1978 and over 31 years later no one changed the guitar since edward van halen did over 31 years.
stratdem 2 years ago
It's WALK-uh-shaw...as in the Wizard of Waukesha (WALK-uh-shaw).
sidneyjanesharp 2 years ago
Yes, that's correct. I'm from Wisconsin. and that's how we say it.
JagrrrTV 2 years ago
What if Les had never been born? God, what a chilling thought.
primemover17 2 years ago 3
well you always have edward van halen it wouldnd be a total lost then.
stratdem 2 years ago
Yeah but Eddie would be playing an arch-top mic'd with no effects.
SkoomaSteve 2 years ago
thers only three true guitar genuis's this world will ever see and when the last ones gone you will never see another true guitar genuis. genuis in order are 1.
edward van halen back in 1978 he took the guitar way out of our belefe he changed the guitar the way we play it aproch it and handle it eddie van halen is a true guitarist/musician genuis. out les pauls mouth i have interview's with les were he states edward van halen the most intrvated and guitar genuis of alltime! this is a fact !
stratdem 2 years ago
COULDNT AGREE MORE JFKDJFD
14hcap 2 years ago
Once in a life time genius, I am blessed that he lived in my life time and my Dad brought me up playing his recordings.
lbpantherfan 2 years ago
I does not matter what kind of music you play, jazz to heavy metal, you should have been heartbroken when you heard of his death.
Thetallywhacker0 2 years ago 2
RIP LES PAUL.
it pisses me off that that freak michael jackson got i month of bloody news on tv, newspapers, radio and ather thing. and here Les Paul a man who done more for music than anyone else had ever done. it pisses me of that someone worthy of the title of a Genius did not get the respect he deserved.
Rip LES PAUL
jfkdjfd 2 years ago 142
Popularity still rules the waves. But don't worry...we're here, and we won't forget. But these Black and White bits on youtube of Les and Mary are truly astonishing....and they did all their recordings in their own house...sometimes the kitchen...sometimes the bathroom..and they literally owned the airwaves with number one hits for years. GIve Jackson cred for being a super hard working performer...and let the rest fall.
sclogse1 2 years ago
@jfkdjfd MAN... you got that right. One went up and one went down. No need to guess which went where.
Kramnosnits 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd AGREED!!!!!!!!!
REKrauser42 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd Indeed. The fact I find most laughable is that Jackson is titled 'King of Pop' while even the poppiest radio stations play only a handful of his recordings. You're like 'well, these songs are epic, but there's like 4 of them...'
Kitaraorava 1 year ago
@Kitaraorava it's not even that his songs are epic. i will give him what he deserves, but to me it aint much. and you are too right my firend, only a hand full are played, and not that often. i was watching a movie recently and it had Les Paul playing guitar. it was Les Paul and Mary Ford actually, but for my life i cannot remember the name.
jfkdjfd 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd I think Les Paul got all the recognition that meant anything from people who know the difference. Who cares what all the people who don't know genius think.
TAMARLANE 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd Respect boy.If you like one musician over another, you disrespect both of them.
Carthsting 1 year ago
@Carthsting nope, i respect Michale Jackson musical legacy. He was a genius for pop music. Les Paul was a genius for pretty much about all music. What Les Paul done, was made it easier for people who made pop music and metal to make it. I respect Les Paul much more because he done so much more. Micahle Jackson had three months in the press, and a man who done more for music more than anyone, recieved no press. That is a damn shame.
jfkdjfd 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd Its true, but thats how the way it goes.In fact Jackson suffered from fame all his life, les paul is still praised by his knowers.
Carthsting 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd the world we live in today.sad
Hypro1122 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd Hi, I'm Paul from Holland and I agree with you. The roots like Les Paul they forget. We know better.
Paulinkebink 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd He never had the fame bro.
Macsk8ing 1 year ago
He did in some aspect. When he came out with the Electric Guitar, the Pickup and things like that, he did, but overall, as much as he deserved he didn't get it. But, great people always think they have too much, in fact when they deserve. Take Jeff Waters from Annihilator, he is a great musician, he refers to his influences as being better than him when he's one of the greatest metal guitar players ever. Guys like Mr.Les Paul and Jeff Waters are the ones worht listening to and the ones good know
jfkdjfd 1 year ago
@jfkdjfd I agree 100% , a freak like child molester jack ass jackson, deserves no credit, he was a disgrace to his race! Yeah, he sang good but he was an evil no good child molester, I'm sorry but he will burn in Hell for his sins. Les Paul will always stand upright and decent as a God fearing good Man who followed his dreams and lived the American dream , unlike a low life like jackass jackson the child molester!!
cdortega72 1 year ago
@cdortega72 ok, i get what you're saying but i think you're taking it too far. Michael jackson did a lot for music and was an amazing influence on many musicians. Give him some credit too. Im saying i don't love les paul but i think you're taking this a little far. Jackson was a great musician and that should not be ignored and you should also not speak ill of the dead. thats not cool either
MrDelete360 1 year ago
@MrDelete360 I doubt any serious musician really took any influence from Michael Jackson.The kinds of people who take influence from him are pop star/entertainer/dancers.Not serious rock groups or musicians.He was a dancer & singer who had extremely bland, commercial music written for him to perform.I never, ever liked MJ's music. Even when I was a kid with a kid's lack of taste, I heard that song 'Beat It' and it never lifted me emotionally in the slightest.I knew it was empty even then.
HeavySabre70 9 months ago
@HeavySabre70 okay, well i don't think that you can say that, there have been many great rock, jazz, funk, and other musicians that have been heavily influenced by his music. No offense but just because you didn't appeal to it doesn't mean that it wasn't amazing. I think think that some jazz my oscar peterson is a little hard to listen to but that doesn't mean that his music is empty, he's the greatest jazz piano player that ever lived. Also, he was not bland, his music was crafted exquisitely
MrDelete360 9 months ago
@HeavySabre70 by artists such as quincy jones and was as full of emotion, sophistication and life as any of the music around. Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean that they're bad and different people influence different things. I doubt notorious BIG was influenced by kirk hammett but that doesn't make either of them any less great. show some respect for the artists and stop being so stuck up
MrDelete360 9 months ago
Les, Jimi, Sheldon, Jeff-" 'it's" all good"!
savida34e 2 years ago
huh, those are sooo modded P-90's. I wonder what he added.
charvelguy 2 years ago
IF it was Les...he may have rewound the things according to his dream.
sclogse1 2 years ago
Its not wa-KESH-a, its WAH-ke-SHAW.
handdancin 2 years ago
well...whoever wrote the script for this needs to go and verify a number of historical facts that they've totally distorted.
moproducer 2 years ago
The electric guitar is all well and good, but don't forget this is also the man who invented multi-track recording as we know it today.
yellowvespa04 2 years ago 2
Did you have to mention the worthless Grammy? He was above that crap.
luxou812 2 years ago
R.I.P Les Paul
henriquehansen 2 years ago 2
It seemed odd that Les died right around the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, if not for les it would only be 1 day of peace and love and certainly not 3, Ten years after, Santana, the who, Hendrix Joe cocker and so on,
jukedar 2 years ago
les paul, rest in peace, one of my favorite musicians and the man who invented my favorite guitar
goofyskater180 2 years ago
Rest in peace Mr. Les Paul.
alsal88 2 years ago
Ok think about this if les paul didnt invent the electric guitar where would eddie van halen be? And les didnt come from a time where there were distorted guitars he played what he wanted to play. Maby if you got your head out of your ass and wake up we could get along.
XxSchaefer55xX 2 years ago
he was joking
braindamagehurts44 2 years ago
Are you sure? Les Paul has just died and deserves some respect - so if there was a choice between Edhalliks comments being clever or stupid - I think most people would go for the latter.
leoseries 2 years ago 4
no one is that dumb, he was a great man and did so much for music
i would also say the comment was stupid, it shouldn't be taken seriously though
braindamagehurts44 2 years ago
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Face it peopel...Les Paul =Epic fail. First off he doesnt do any tapping or any harmonics, nothing that any Eddie Van Halen student can do. Plus what kind of moron names himself "Les Paul" after the guitar? What a douche, what an ego. That`s like me naming myself "Mr. Fender Strat" Woopeedooo I am so bad I must name myself after a guitar,.
Edhallick 2 years ago
haha
blah148 2 years ago
Edhallick. He has just died - or are you too busy trying to be clever that you can't read the newspapers?
hebdag44 2 years ago
@Edhallick:
Learn to troll.
Your attempt of causing butthurt only caused facepalms.
horstherbert35 2 years ago
he invented tapping, you moron!!
jimydiamond2012 2 years ago
You Duece! He invented the Les Paul with Gibson! They named it after HIM! TARD! and he came from a time where distortion was nasty to hear, he is a legend you idiot!
Noseheros 2 years ago
He made the electric guitar..none of your favorite guitarists would exist with out him.
givemefreakinusename 2 years ago 2
Jimi Hendrix
bc6474 2 years ago
lol! i hope your joking
ross616 2 years ago
the first ever guitar hero!
he gave his life to music, he changed music forever an well never forget him for it
grahamr02 2 years ago
Think that last clip was from the TV
series "Omnibus"...
RonaldVaughan 2 years ago
WALK-uh-shaw. Not walk-ESH-uh. Waukesha Wisconsinites are proud of Les. Still, thanks this is all wonderful history. Cheers
LesleeLMartin 2 years ago
rip les paul:(
bam92uka 2 years ago
Wow..
petejoe7 2 years ago
STUNNING!!!
rascalcap1 2 years ago
Sheer genius that Les - the fount of modern musical instrumentation. Simply Cannot be over-rated.
unavailablepeterunge 2 years ago
Les Paul: The Original Shredder.
Sonnyboy56 2 years ago 3
What is the title of the song playing while the girlis speaking?
SkylineBNR34 2 years ago
Steel Guitar Rag
noiseintoner 2 years ago
***** Gene *****
GenericGene 2 years ago
Mary was something else! She arranged her own vocals, was lovely, had a Great voice and played guitar. She hated doing TV but you sure can't tell from watching this. Her husband played pretty good guitar also...
acountrygent 2 years ago
its pronounced "WAW-kee-sha" grrrrrrr, get it right missy.
flibideegibbit 2 years ago
Watch the beginning of the video. It mentions that Les Paul's mother was descended from a family who were responsible for Blatz beer and Stutz Bearcat motorcars. In the Midwest, there's no shame in being associated with beer. ;-)
MarthaH605 2 years ago
Rest in PEACE Lester William Polfuss.
You will always be with us every day.
You gave us so much.
mordentimes54 2 years ago 2
the world wont be the same without ya Les
RIP
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