Thursday, August 13, 2009
MULTILAYERED
Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94
Les Paul has been around all my life.
I first remember his overdubbing with his singer wife Mary Ford.
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Some sunrise.
It played everywhere. It was a breakthrough innovation. Not because it was a technical triumph but because it was a good song, skillfully presented. Then, came the thought that this was a new thing. Mary singing with herself and Les playing "all the parts".
He had already invented the solid body guitar. And so on.
He is a hero. He lived beyond 90 and died quietly of the "old man's friend" pneumonia.
There are some audio tracks on the obit. Try them. A little ricky ticky but at the time it was all ricky ticky. AM and 78 rpm records.
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