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Jul 7, 2022 · Here’s how it works. Watch Guitar Legends Les Paul and Mary Ford Demonstrate Their Pioneering Multitrack Recording Techniques. This entertaining TV clip from 1953 proves the duo were way ahead of the game. On this day in 1924, singer and guitarist Iris Colleen Summers aka Mary Ford was born.
- Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin’s lord of the strings has used many guitars over the years: Fender Teles, Danelectros, Gibson EDS-1275 double-necks... But it’s the Les Paul that is Page’s most iconic guitar.
- Ace Frehley. When you’re wearing lightning-bolt makeup, dressed like a glitter-loving alien and you’re setting off smoke bombs on stage, does it really matter what kind of guitar you play?
- Pete Townshend. Although many different brands of electric guitar were smashed onstage with The Who, Townshend's 1970s weapon of choice was the Les Paul Deluxe.
- Frank Zappa. Ever the polymath, Zappa played just about any guitar he could. But for Hot Rats and later axe-centric, improvisational explorations (eg Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar) he went for Les Pauls.
Guitar Legends by Les Paul released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Feb 8, 2010 · MusicRadar’s gallery of Les Paul legends celebrates the 29 greatest players of Gibson’s iconic guitar. But what about the unsung heroes? The guitarists who’ve made music history with a Les Paul, but don’t have the legendary status of Slash, Jimmy Page or Pete Townshend?
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.
- Library of Congress
- Les Paul papers, 1904-2000
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of "Guitar Legends" on Discogs.
Guitar Legends: Slash – the cat in the hat who saved hard rock guitar from itself. As he turns 55, it’s hats off to Guns N’ Roses’ Les Paul maestro Slash who’s been at the heart of hard rock for over 30 years. His guitar style is traditional but also unique, drawing on a wealth of soloing ideas and swaggering riffs.
