Les Paul - August 14th 2006

At the Iridium

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Music

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• les
• paul

[soldat182]

what a great man! RIP les paul , you will never be forgotten

[joeypaint]

As long as there is a Les Paul guitar, he will never be forgotten.

[rockinredneck57]

@watchful38 Yes he was the first to overlay multiple tracks. There is a video of him playing "How High the Moon" with Mary Ford singing and they have between the two of them over 20 vocal and guitar tracks. This is from the 50's I believe. Just incredible. He is as well known for his inventing and tinkering as his guitar playing. Very talented man. You don't even have to read the name on the guitar, you know it's a Les Paul.

[watchful38]

@rockinredneck57 I know Les Paul worked with Petula Clark in the 60's. I though he also invented the 'overlaying" of two or more tracks(Guitar with other instruments). The "electric guitar' makes sense because he didn't want the guitar to be overshadowed by all the other instruments. Sorry, I'm no historian nor music expert nor electrionics guy either! I must google him up!

[lamelamelame8]

does anyone know the name of the song he begins to play at the end?

[TheXXXDB]

@Oaklandsucksballs i did.....4xs as a matter of fact.....a kind and loveing man...always positive ...always kind... and a great story teller...

[Oaklandsucksballs]

Can you imagine meeting him?....

[asifadio]

what a genius!!

[rockinredneck57]

@amyleigh02 He didn't invent the electric guitar. He was the first to bring a solid body electric guitar to the forefront. The one he invented looked nothing like this, but the technology was basically the same. Gibson liked it and they made a deal. The rest, is guitar history.

[ThePanteraTribute]

@slpplexi1969 Yeah i know. I wasn't joking at all to begin with. I would really really REALLY like the guitar he's playing in the video.

[slpplexi1969]

@ThePanteraTribute They should. The guitars he always used were so much different from the LPs sold by Gibson. If Gibson made a Les Paul Les Paul I would buy it.

[CrStrifey]

Not like he can stop playing...probably hasn't paid for a guitar in 50 years...