A fitting tribute to the man in love with life, guitars, and Mary. This world may know not who left us but some do. To all music lovers may God bless you all, please keep making sound befitting your craft
I'm still emotional about his passing. Yeah, he was 94 - but I wanted him to live forever and always be there on monday nights. I too shook my head at all the coverage of that 50 year old who did the moonwalk... this is the guy we'd all be holding candles in the streets for days for... in my alternate reality. Thank you Les. Thank you for melody. Thank you for sound. Thank you for a life dedicated to the purest joy there is: playing the guitar with people you love.
This is just incredible. The tone Les has going--the bass playing. Les riffs off some great phrasing. I am so grateful to have had an opportunity to see Les Paul once, one of his weekly Monday night shows in NYC. What a legend.
One of the finest gentleman to ever grace our planet.. Thank you God .. really, how many people have contributed so much joy to humility directly and indirectly as Mr Paul has? ie. invented the electric guitar, and multi-track recording, the LesPaul + gave us his music !! Thank you sir !
The man behind the guitar name, Les still has the chops and the rich sweet sound at 76 that some 26 year old guitarists might envy. What's really special is the man's warmth and love of music that comes through in his expression. Great video, Heat.
Certainly on a par with Django Rheinhardt and Andres Segovia as a guitar player but his engineering skills combined with his musicianship were fantastic.
The thing I admire most is the way that Les treated his fingers like people and used all of them to his potential in even the most simple chord changes.
It's great to hear and see Les here when he was a hale and hearty 76. It is also fun to see the rest of the trio (at that time) looking a lot younger. Lou Pallo (Rhythm Guitar) was with Les to his last days and Gary Mazzaroppi (Bass) played with Les off and on, and many other folks like Marian McPartland. These days he plays with Les' former sideman Frank Vignola, and Vinny Raniolo. Recently they have been touring with Tommy Emmanuel. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Les smiles...
Hey everybody! Just in case you didn't already know, you are listening to the Sensei, the Dalai Lama, the Grand Master, the 200th degree black belt of all things guitar, electronic, and recording. Everyone who does anything AT ALL in any kind of music anywhere today must stop and take their hat off to this brilliant man. If you combined the genius of Einstein and Tesla, and then turned that loose on the music world, the result would be none other than Mr. Les Paul. Love, and respect eternally!!!
@JamesTKirkCobain A man of Les Paul's stature doesn't need to tap or shred the guitar. Being from his hometown I know that great music doesn't always involve tapping or shredding. Play from the heart like Les and that's all you need. R.I.P. Les Paul
You gotta love the sly grin Les has at the end of the song. He knows he is the "Babe Ruth" of the guitar world, and he just hit another game winning, walk off grand slam.
now if only we had him doing versions of other Broadway tunes. maybe I would like those too. until I heard this, I only sorta liked "over the rainbow". Now I LOVE it. what magic. No vocalist needed.
That's the difference, though. Jackson was a very talented voice, Paul was a genius. Without Jackson, we'd still have modern music. Without Les Paul, we would not. His inventions were what paved the way for modern music. Michael Jackson could not have made the music he made without the amazing innovations Les Paul gave us. For that matter, Elvis and The Beatles couldn't have done what they did without Les Paul. The music world owes its very soul to Les Paul.
@theRealIonian Ah a musician I see... GREAT...We're all looking at who made so much of this possible. My old boss, (RIP) Delaney Bramlett, knew Les well. They're together now... R.I.P.
He sometimes plays very rare late-sixties Les Paul Professional and Les Paul Recording models, but most of the time his guitars were build specially for him.
the man who started it all... "Now thats where I heard feedback first from Les Paul. Also vibratos and things. Even before B.B. King, you know, Ive traced a hell of a lot of rock and roll, little riffs and things, back to Les Paul. I mean hes the father of it all: multi-tracking and everything else. If it hadnt been for him, there wouldnt have been anything really." Jimmy Page 1977
@vatheron Learn it by ear. I learnt most of the intro and first part of the solo by ear, the scale he's using is the be bop scale, I forget which key, but I hope that helps.
@JamesTKirkCobain I hope you're a troll. This man is the reason Batio has a recording career and is also the man who helped design the guitar that is named after him.
@dugganater "he must have played every note that could possibly have been played while still staying in the right key!" hahah that's as easy as eating a piece of pie if you use a chromatic scale either way, this is amazing though.
3:34 - N B C ! And yes, before all the theory geeks get on me and try to start explaining major 6ths or 2nd inversion triads - don't. It'll make you look foolish!
Quel manque de goût ,un son tellement excessif qu'il en devient caricatural .Pour la reverb il aurait du voir le bon dosage avec Elek Bacsik .....quand au phrasé et les traits grossiers c'est du même tonneau .Oublions Les paul pour ne retenir que ses accompagnateurs .
Votre commentaire est idiot .Commencez déjà par lire correctement .J'ai écouté Les Paul §Mary Ford alors que j'étais en effet encore au biberon .Comme dit la chanson "j'ai perdu mes fossettes et mes langes mais je retiens de Les Paul ce son de baraque Foraine pas du meilleur Goût en ce qui me concerne...en tout cas pas un "Premier Cru".
A fitting tribute to the man in love with life, guitars, and Mary. This world may know not who left us but some do. To all music lovers may God bless you all, please keep making sound befitting your craft
Wow! Makes me want to cry.
I'm still emotional about his passing. Yeah, he was 94 - but I wanted him to live forever and always be there on monday nights. I too shook my head at all the coverage of that 50 year old who did the moonwalk... this is the guy we'd all be holding candles in the streets for days for... in my alternate reality. Thank you Les. Thank you for melody. Thank you for sound. Thank you for a life dedicated to the purest joy there is: playing the guitar with people you love.
This is just incredible. The tone Les has going--the bass playing. Les riffs off some great phrasing.
I am so grateful to have had an opportunity to see Les Paul once, one of his weekly Monday night shows in NYC. What a legend.
One of the finest gentleman to ever grace our planet.. Thank you God .. really, how many people have contributed so much joy to humility directly and indirectly as Mr Paul has? ie. invented the electric guitar, and multi-track recording, the LesPaul + gave us his music !! Thank you sir !
The man behind the guitar name, Les still has the chops and the rich sweet sound at 76 that some 26 year old guitarists might envy. What's really special is the man's warmth and love of music that comes through in his expression. Great video, Heat.
Two things missing: Toto and Judy Garland! RIP Mr. Paul and god bless.
By far, the best guitar player that ever lived....
I agree
Certainly on a par with Django Rheinhardt and Andres Segovia as a guitar player but his engineering skills combined with his musicianship were fantastic.
The thing I admire most is the way that Les treated his fingers like people and used all of them to his potential in even the most simple chord changes.
It's great to hear and see Les here when he was a hale and hearty 76. It is also fun to see the rest of the trio (at that time) looking a lot younger. Lou Pallo (Rhythm Guitar) was with Les to his last days and Gary Mazzaroppi (Bass) played with Les off and on, and many other folks like Marian McPartland. These days he plays with Les' former sideman Frank Vignola, and Vinny Raniolo. Recently they have been touring with Tommy Emmanuel. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Les smiles...
Simply classic and one of a kind! He truly touched everyone who's ever listened to any modern recordings! RIP Les!
Thanks for everything. Guitar Legend: Les Paul. RIP We will miss you. :(
nobody could play it like you,les. now i'm sure you're playing it for the angels...RIP
What a legend.
Rest in Peace.
His tone is so clean it hurts....
6 años viendo este lindo video del mítico Les Paul, vale cada segundo, lastima que no pueda encontrar esta versión en Spotify…
Nekaj lagano i lijepo od legende Les Paula.
Bless his soul, the man had style!
Rest easy, Maestro. We'll not see your like again.
I feel like I am floating
Les Paul LOVED his guitar and his guitar LOVED Les paul
So nice tone! I see it the rainbow..
Rip mr. Paul. Your amazing heritage will live on in every guitar players fingers
Rest In Peace..in remembrance fabulous Les Paul..
Hey everybody! Just in case you didn't already know, you are listening to the Sensei, the Dalai Lama, the Grand Master, the 200th degree black belt of all things guitar, electronic, and recording. Everyone who does anything AT ALL in any kind of music anywhere today must stop and take their hat off to this brilliant man. If you combined the genius of Einstein and Tesla, and then turned that loose on the music world, the result would be none other than Mr. Les Paul. Love, and respect eternally!!!
He could make it sing. A guitar with a soul.
Happy 100th Birthday, Les!
Gotta love Les Paul!
The master, I'm in awe.
Les Paul is a true legend, guitar godfather.
begins very simply and builds and builds. breathtaking tone! and brilliant attack
so this is Les Paul.. my first time to hear his piece.. wow.. so wonder my his name resounds till today :)
nice music
thanx very much
thanks a million for the Les Paul guitar, sir-
thanks for design les paul guitar
u very best love u guy
im 22, and this is REAL music..not that auto tune shit...I need to find this and his other stuff on a cd somewhere..like asap!!
Les Paul invented autotune
Killer tone..
Les Paul, Charley Christian, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Chet Atkins. Can you imagine the guitar jams in where ever they are.
R.I.P, Les. You were truly one of the greats.
@JamesTKirkCobain A man of Les Paul's stature doesn't need to tap or shred the guitar. Being from his hometown I know that great music doesn't always involve tapping or shredding. Play from the heart like Les and that's all you need.
R.I.P. Les Paul
The master.
RIP the greatest man that ever lived
Les Paul plays this just about every performance....I think it was a favorite of his late mother....or at least that's what I have heard.
this is the essence of solid body guitar playing!
BEAUTIFUL !
Loved the video and Les Too. Thanks for posting. c]:-)
You gotta love the sly grin Les has at the end of the song. He knows he is the "Babe Ruth" of the guitar world, and he just hit another game winning, walk off grand slam.
now if only we had him doing versions of other Broadway tunes. maybe I would like those too. until I heard this, I only sorta liked "over the rainbow". Now I LOVE it. what magic. No vocalist needed.
Happy Birthday Les :)
Thank You God
I can not believe there is a dislike for this video
fantastic im quite suprised about how much he has influenced modern musicians and remained relatively unknown
I would love to dance to this!
That's the difference, though. Jackson was a very talented voice, Paul was a genius. Without Jackson, we'd still have modern music. Without Les Paul, we would not. His inventions were what paved the way for modern music. Michael Jackson could not have made the music he made without the amazing innovations Les Paul gave us. For that matter, Elvis and The Beatles couldn't have done what they did without Les Paul. The music world owes its very soul to Les Paul.
legend
Raw perfection. Love his smile at :22.
wow great you good les paul
@theRealIonian Ah a musician I see... GREAT...We're all looking at who made so much of this possible. My old boss, (RIP) Delaney Bramlett, knew Les well.
They're together now... R.I.P.
He sometimes plays very rare late-sixties Les Paul Professional and Les Paul Recording models, but most of the time his guitars were build specially for him.
RIP Patron saint of all things guitar!
the macho buttons hard to push on this one. The guy was a guitar player till he died. He lived long, but seeing this shit will get me teary.
GOAT
nice ! ですね.
Beautiful. Wonder when he played it with Judy Garland. Would sure like to hear that.
He played it on her original recording. He was the first guitarist to record this beautiful song.
the man who started it all...
"Now thats where I heard feedback first from Les Paul. Also vibratos and things. Even before B.B. King, you know, Ive traced a hell of a lot of rock and roll, little riffs and things, back to Les Paul. I mean hes the father of it all: multi-tracking and everything else. If it hadnt been for him, there wouldnt have been anything really."
Jimmy Page 1977
If anybody disrespects Les Paul, go upside their head.
@753nano almost cry? I actually shed a small tear.....
Sweet....... What else can you say?
Lovely. I didn't know Joe Mantegna was in his trio.
Lou always reminds me of a cross between Chris Noth and Jerry Ourbach (or however it's spelled)
Have you been living in a cave,...on Mars,... with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears all your life?
@vatheron
Learn it by ear. I learnt most of the intro and first part of the solo by ear, the scale he's using is the be bop scale, I forget which key, but I hope that helps.
@JamesTKirkCobain I hope you're a troll. This man is the reason Batio has a recording career and is also the man who helped design the guitar that is named after him.
I just from heard from Les. He said Ted Greene is giving him lessons on chord chemistry. Ted and Les and waiting for Chet to form the ultimate trio.
Man i feel soory for that poor out cast that gave this video its only dislike,
great version . ididn t know he played with Dicky Smothers too.
+ a gazillion
RIP
I can't tell you why, but one thing I can say is whoever misses this clip will be left with a missing link in the electric guitar story board.
I cannot find this tab anywhere Anyone know where I can find it, its really bugging me I want to learn it this way so bad.
so, what was there over the rainbow?
2:51-3:10 pure lespaulgarm
he must have played every note that could possibly have been played while still staying in the right key!
Is that Lou on the left?
What does he say to the bass player around 2:40 ???
@dugganater "he must have played every note that could possibly have been played while still staying in the right key!"
hahah that's as easy as eating a piece of pie if you use a chromatic scale
either way, this is amazing though.
kohta nukku ja huomena pääsee himaa :)
Les and Django were twins seperated at birth............
STEP 1) break out a les paul,
STEP 2) grab a pick
you're playing guitar with les paul.
(note: step 2 is optional.)
not every old schooler, EVERYONE on this whole planet, for example he influenced the likes of jimi hendrix, jimmy page, jeff beck and so on.
@JamesTKirkCobain
dude....yer so kidding right?....
and by the way, Leo Fender already named himself after the Fender Strat, so too late for you.
like a boss, he sounds like Michael Corleone lol
Michael Who ?
his tone sounds similar to a strat with emg pickups
2:40 :D lol
3:34 - N B C !
And yes, before all the theory geeks get on me and try to start explaining major 6ths or 2nd inversion triads - don't. It'll make you look foolish!
If the guitar was a man, it was Les Paul.
Piękne świetnie opracowane , ale ja wolałem te wykonania z przed 50 lat , nie uczesane ale spontaniczne .
Quel manque de goût ,un son tellement excessif qu'il en devient caricatural .Pour la
reverb il aurait du voir le bon dosage avec Elek Bacsik .....quand au phrasé et les traits
grossiers c'est du même tonneau .Oublions Les paul pour ne retenir que ses accompagnateurs .
+Jean-Luc Bersou "Son excessif. Oublions Les Paul"?? Evidemment, vous avez bu excessivement. Et pas de l'eau.
Votre commentaire est idiot .Commencez
déjà par lire correctement .J'ai écouté Les
Paul §Mary Ford alors que j'étais en effet
encore au biberon .Comme dit la chanson
"j'ai perdu mes fossettes et mes langes mais je retiens de Les Paul ce son de baraque
Foraine pas du meilleur Goût en ce qui me
concerne...en tout cas pas un "Premier Cru".
Commence par lire correctement avantde
commenter .J'ai écouté Les Paul § Mary
not my kind of my music
too bad his tone is weak......
KIDDING !!!!