Les Paul
9 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Mark Dery, Rock's Backpages audio, Winter 1991
The great guitarist and inventor talks about the basis of his style; the making of 'How High The Moon'; co-inventing The Chipmunks; his influence on other musicians; the development of sound-on-sound and multitrack recording, and pays a heartfelt tribute to Mary Ford.
File format: mp3; file size: 51.4mb, interview length: 51' 06" sound quality: ***
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Chet Atkins and Les Paul: Chester And Lester (RCA)
Review by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 5 February 1977
WELL NOW, this isn't exactly the kind of record that you hear every day of the week. ...
30 Years of Gibson Les Paul: A Loving Look at an American Classic
Retrospective by David Gans, BAM, 21 May 1982
THERE'S SOMETHING very special about the look, feel and sound of a Gibson Les Paul guitar. Ask anyone who's ever owned or played one, or ...
The inimitable Les Paul: retired since 1979, the Master Tinkerer is back in the groove
Interview by Gene Santoro, Pulse!, September 1984
LESTER POLFUS may not be a name to conjure with, but Les Pau! certainly is. Among his many accomplishments: the invention of the Les Paul ...
The Les Paul Trio: Fat Tuesdays, New York, NY
Live Review by Christine Natanael, Reflex, November 1991
I WAS IN THE Gramercy Park section of lower Manhattan, entering a black door under an awning labeled "Fat Tuesdays." I was on a pilgrimage ...
Various artists, Danny Gatton Tribute: Tramps, New York NY
Live Review by John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 23 February 1995
A THREE-DAY tribute to the ultimateguitarist's guitarist figured to be a fret-heavy hurricane of hot licks, but Danny Gatton brought down a monsoon of flying ...
Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music, 2001
b. Lester Polfuss, 9 June 1915, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA ...
Interview by Bill DeMain, MOJO, November 2009
Master musician, recording pioneer, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar, Les Paul changed the face of popular music. Bill DeMain pays tribute to a great ...
Jeff Beck talks about Rod Stewart and answers some questions for Classic Rock
Interview by Max Bell, Classic Rock, January 2011
JEFF BECK confirmed to Classic Rock that the two old buddies would renew a partnership that first saw light in the late 1960s when the two rock ...
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