Comments on: Les Paul YouTube Friday

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:26:41 +0000

I’m more of a Link Wray fan but cool. Thanks.

By: John Holbo

John Holbo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:39:34 +0000

One last link. I was playing Les Paul’s “Brazil” and Zoë (age 7) asked: is this music from the future or something?

Here you can hear it on old, scratchy 78:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qso2isYo9xo&feature=related

By: John Holbo

John Holbo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:05:21 +0000

Yeah, while I was making the links, I was noticing all the Chet Atkins goodness. Lester and Chester. Maybe next week I’ll do Chester.

By: Alexei McDonald

Alexei McDonald — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:22:14 +0000

I just turned the TV on right now and found myself watching the beginning of a 90 minute Les Paul biography. Synchronicity or what?

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:58:47 +0000

I realise, here, now, for the first time, that ‘Nola’ was used as the theme tune for the Children’s BBC animated ‘Paddington’ series (not Les Paul’s version, but still). That’s somehow very lovely to know.

By: Donald A. Coffin

Donald A. Coffin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:14:34 +0000

Beautiful. Although, as much as I like the way Les Paul plays, I love to listen to Chet Atkins
(and there’s 349 videos here—and I have no investment or participation in the site:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVlFngyhffo&channel=daffydoug)

By: Michael Drake

Michael Drake — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:00:10 +0000

How about Scotty Anderson. Good heavens.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:35:51 +0000

Les Paul apparently invented multi-tracking and did some incredibly cheezy stuff where one guitar is dubbed doubletime, very fast in a high register. More at my URL.