Topic: RIP Les Paul
started by: Wareagle11B
Posted by Wareagle11B on Aug. 13 2009,12:10 pm
94 years old and a legend in the music business.From Wikipedia:
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Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009[1]) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible."[2] His many recording innovations included overdubbing, delay effects such as "sound on sound" and tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording. He is often credited as being the 'father of modern music'.
Posted by hairhertz on Aug. 13 2009,12:35 pm
Les Paul & Mary Ford, some good stuff if you are old enough to remember it. I am glad he lived a long & productive life.
Posted by MADDOG on Aug. 13 2009,1:11 pm
If you remember them together, I've got some dirt at home younger than you. 
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When I think of Les Paul, I think of perhaps one of his most famous guitars.
Posted by Botto 82 on Aug. 13 2009,1:13 pm
Legend has it that he heard how the passing diesel trains would make his windows resonate when the engines were at certain RPM's. That's where he somehow got the idea that would later evolve into the Les Paul electric guitar.
Posted by Liberal on Aug. 13 2009,2:34 pm
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When I think of Les Paul, I think of perhaps one of his most famous guitars.
That's a Fender, you can tell by the word Fender on the headstock.
Posted by MADDOG on Aug. 13 2009,4:40 pm
Good thing you caught that. Jimi had a black Les Paul Gibson in addition to the Fender Stratocaster he played at Woodstock.
I saw the black guitar in his hand and posted.
Posted by hairhertz on Aug. 13 2009,5:11 pm
(MADDOG @ Aug. 13 2009,1:11 pm)
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If you remember them together, I've got some dirt at home younger than you.
< youtube >
When I think of Les Paul, I think of perhaps one of his most famous guitars.
< youtube >
When I think of Les Paul, I think of perhaps one of his most famous guitars.
FYI: I was born the day before dirt was invented.
Go to YouTube and listen to Les Paul & Mary Ford. How High the Moon is a good start. Amazing stuff, way ahead of its time. Les was a genius.
Posted by MADDOG on Aug. 13 2009,7:02 pm
That he was.
Posted by grassman on Aug. 13 2009,8:35 pm
Jimmy, had many guitars. One of our posters lives out by his collection. My wife and I took a train trip out to Portland,so close to Seattle, a couple of years ago. I got a bad tummy ache from eating some bad food out there from a storm with 117 mph winds. We loved the weather but what I ate did not love me back, got laid up for a couple of days. One of the regrets was not to go see Jimmy's place. Oh well, maybe next time. Les Paul was a milestone for the music we still enjoy today! 
Posted by Paul Harvey on Aug. 13 2009,8:48 pm