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Les Paul & Mary Ford Absolutely Live
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10 жыл бұрынA VERY rare live television performance by Les Paul and Mary Ford. Most musical performances on TV in the 1950's were Milli Vanilli-esque lip-synched affairs so this is a real gem. Les and Mary perform "There's No Place Like Home" with some classic add libbing, especially from Les. Mary Ford was a fine guitarist in her own right and that fact is ably demonstrated here. Watch for when Les goes wild and breaks his high E string. Mary is about to punish him when... Well, watch the video. And, dig those gorgeous 1952 Gibson Les Paul guitars, heavily customized by the master himself. Trivia: Les shattered and almost lost his right arm in a 1948 car crash. Les had the doctors set his elbow at an angle so he could still play guitar but he could never again fully extend his right arm.
@samlinsubmersible946 5 жыл бұрын
So that's him. The guy that make me lose thousands of dollars... He's beautiful.
@marius6894 5 жыл бұрын
Sky Soul you can’t say loose man
@watzup62 5 жыл бұрын
He made me lose thousands too but I got a great guitar out of the deal which I still have to this day.
@uv77mc85 5 жыл бұрын
He made me make thousands. I deal in used Les Pauls.
@user-zv7yb4yp9g 5 жыл бұрын
His guitars are more beautiful
@andyvaldez399 5 жыл бұрын
Just get and Epiphone les Paul 😂
@IAm-qf2xb 5 жыл бұрын
Mary wanted more but she settled for Les.
@ztahs 5 жыл бұрын
Oh, that was totally unnecessary! A good one never the less
@jirusjirus9322 5 жыл бұрын
Just absolutely funny. Traveled to New York to see Les when he was 89...a real treat, thanks to two wonderful Jeff Beck fans.
@mikefrech1123 5 жыл бұрын
@Greg Gregory There's something wrong with you. Get help.
@thatunicornhastheaudacity 5 жыл бұрын
@@jefflindeman no just report them.
@kychu749 5 жыл бұрын
A pun
@gunscotthdgaming69420 3 жыл бұрын
The first Delay Pedal was *MARY FORD*
@SneakyIsDead 3 жыл бұрын
I was going to comment the same shit lol
@alfieburns9019 3 жыл бұрын
Stolen comment
@yellowtardbot5113 3 жыл бұрын
Made my day
@gordonanderson3111 3 жыл бұрын
Actually Les came up with an onboard tape delay looping 'pedal' - called it the Paulverizer. On stage looping to create tracks to play along with, is now a main stream thang, 70 years later.
@robertturner8232 2 жыл бұрын
That's funny
@halbertking2683 3 жыл бұрын
" Les Paul , He's the reason we all don't have real jobs. " Joe Walsh
@clarkhull7546 2 жыл бұрын
the sounds exactly like something Joe Walsh would say lol
@konagolden3397 2 жыл бұрын
One of the few things Joe's ever said that rings true. It's a good thing he can play guitar or he'd be a warehouse worker.
@Kohntarkosz 2 жыл бұрын
Well, Les was ONE of the reasons, but yeah.
@pauljordan4452 5 ай бұрын
Joe is autistic, so am I, he and I have the same birthday and both create and sell stuff, that's still work.@@clarkhull7546
@dariomaiello393 3 ай бұрын
Legendary Les Paul, Legendary Joe✨✨✨
@scottbaxendale323 3 жыл бұрын
Mary never got enough credit for being a total badass guitar player herself!
@cooperhamilton6141 3 жыл бұрын
True. Women never got enough credit in the fifties though
@scottbaxendale323 3 жыл бұрын
@@cooperhamilton6141 Not just in the 50’s, it’s the same today.
@cooperhamilton6141 3 жыл бұрын
@@scottbaxendale323 I wouldn't say the same, but yes there is still forms of gender inequality or whatever term you may use, today. In the 50s however she never would have gotten taken seriously as a musician if Les wasn't by her side.... there's plenty of badass great quality female musicians today. In the 50s, that wasn't really the case.
@cooperhamilton6141 3 жыл бұрын
@@scottbaxendale323 I wouldn't say we hold the same negative idea or opinion of women now as we did 70 years ago, it's changed, but obviously we still need to improve on things. It hasn't gone away tho, you are correct on that.
@AntonioLopez-kw3ev 3 жыл бұрын
@@cooperhamilton6141 what inequalities do woman have to men about and what other laws do we need to pass for womans favor this month?
@kennsmith 5 жыл бұрын
Mary was an amazing guitarist, she never really got the respect she deserved.........
@588158 5 жыл бұрын
and she was good looking too!
@lyndamcardle4123 5 жыл бұрын
@@588158 She was gorgeous !
@johngerritsen908 5 жыл бұрын
Yes totally underrated as she was well known as a singer
@johnnypalacios9920 5 жыл бұрын
Was wondering why Gibson never made a Mary Ford tribute model, leaving all that history in the table. Never mind the $$$
@johnnypalacios9920 5 жыл бұрын
And she had the voice to match.
@othman3192 3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised no one has called a delay pedal Mary ford yet, I did say yet
@getulioprates 3 жыл бұрын
Mary Ford's Loop Station
@othman3192 3 жыл бұрын
Getúlio Prates that would be a good one too
@ITTAPUPU12 3 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Rocker, like the drink this the 40's and she was married to a man im pretty sure its a she
@alfieburns9019 3 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Rocker, like the drink I think we found the blackpill
@torres_cmt 3 жыл бұрын
That's the funniest thing iv ever read
@CB-ck9dg 3 жыл бұрын
She knew how to smile, harmonize, and play a mean electric guitar, all at once. Incredible singing, and so natural. Marvellous woman, and very talented
@kenkovar2647 2 жыл бұрын
yeah and Les wouldnt let her cut his ass!😆
@TheDeastman13 Жыл бұрын
you forgot comedic presence...so i covered it for ya...
@ericdpeerik3928 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I hear Les made some name for himself too
@TheDeastman13 Жыл бұрын
@@ericdpeerik3928 fake news
@NBM3 Жыл бұрын
And when Les was asked why he dropped her he said... "Because she got fat ."
@jonm6244 8 жыл бұрын
your certified badass when you're holding your own guitar named after you
@erichnussbaum 8 жыл бұрын
... and you invented it by yourself ...
@chrispile3878 7 жыл бұрын
Not correct. Les did not invent the Les Paul, or even the electric guitar. But he took credit for it!
@lmbtcs1879 7 жыл бұрын
Chris Pile he didnt inveted the electric guitar, noone said that. he did invented the les paul
@chrispile3878 7 жыл бұрын
That is NOT true. The president of Gibson - Ted McCarty presented the guitar to Les, and asked him to endorse. Many guitar historians will back up this story, but they don't back up Les.
@soundknight 7 жыл бұрын
lance montgomery Chesterfield and down right royalty when every second guitarist is playing a guitar with your name on it.
@user-mp1kg9bc7z 4 жыл бұрын
lmao even les paul himself had to tune the G string at the beggining
@hambalkotamas 3 жыл бұрын
:D exactly
@DMSProduktions 3 жыл бұрын
Typically Gibson!
@IAm-qf2xb 3 жыл бұрын
So true.
@blackmore4 3 жыл бұрын
Haha. But actually... I don't think that the electric guitar exists yet! At least not one that's EVER in tune.
@IAm-qf2xb 3 жыл бұрын
blackmore4 I tune to the keyboard, a Rhodes if possible. I use a tuner to get it close, then I do small tweaks with the keys. I check single notes, and also double stops and chords.
@jimvandemoter6961 3 жыл бұрын
I saw Les and Mary on the Ed Sullivan Show just before Christmas, 1960. I started nagging my parents to let me take guitar lessons. Six months later in June 1961 I had my first guitar lesson on my 9th birthday. Since that time I joined my first band, played my first gig in 1965, played professionally for ten years starting in 1966, went on to major in music in college and taught for over 25 years. I'm now 68 and I still play. Not as much as I used to, but I still pick it up a few times a week. All thanks to Les, Mary and two of the greatest parents ever.
@bartvansliedregt5482 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling this short but sweet and inspiring story!
@gui18bif 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely story
@CasioLivesMatter 3 жыл бұрын
Is there any way I can listen to your music??
@offgridas 3 жыл бұрын
Inspiring little story. I have played for roughly ten years and am now in the middle of jazz studies, anyone near me has no choice but to learn music theory cause it's pretty much all I talk about, so I'm unintentionally becoming a teacher now.
@fullofhate1 3 жыл бұрын
cool man
@joolslaloosh 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that she can do whatever he does is absolutely amazing.
@aramboodakian9554 Жыл бұрын
Yes and backwards in high heels!
@artmpowers 3 жыл бұрын
Crazy how it’s been like 70 years and those P-90’s are still THE shit.
@TheMusicfan189 3 жыл бұрын
The wonderful thing about the P-90 is they've hardly changed. Near enough all of them have that crispness. So versatile.
@artmpowers 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMusicfan189 I’ve got an Epiphone with p-90’s in it that sounds about as good as a Gibson.
@TheMusicfan189 3 жыл бұрын
@@artmpowers My Gibson LP Junior rocks, I can’t wait to see how beat up it gets in the next 10 years or so. The P-90 is something else man.
@artmpowers 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMusicfan189 lol I’m waiting on mine to get “beat up” also. Something awesome about that “rock n roll” patina.
@monsieurcommissaire1628 3 жыл бұрын
Damn straight. Could be the greatest electric guitar pickup of all. I'll take a LP with P-90s over one with PAFs any day. Nothing against PAFs at all, but the '90s just sound... alive or something..
@basura8355 5 жыл бұрын
Guess you guys weren't ready for that... But your kids are gonna love it
@jaycampbell6402 5 жыл бұрын
lol....Looks like they were ready for it all along. The 50's kids were way more experimental than today's generation.
@brentonswadling5960 5 жыл бұрын
@@jaycampbell6402 that's why I'm special XD
@ShadowDrake102 5 жыл бұрын
@@jaycampbell6402 bruh...
@rubensalvadori 5 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@totalgarbage2053 5 жыл бұрын
Jay Campbell looks like you haven’t heard of John Dwyer or King Gizzard or Black Midi or Lightning Bolt or Death Grips or Flying Lotus or
@MrJimmyWalsh 3 жыл бұрын
There's something just so heartwarming about this
@GabrieleirbaGabrieleirbag 3 жыл бұрын
Two very great friends competing with each other on stage
@thrashmetaljay666 3 жыл бұрын
I think I need to watch this on my bad days. I have a hard time watching this without smiling.
@peterpresutti4064 3 жыл бұрын
I better time
@_6079SMITH 2 жыл бұрын
Yip, just can't stop smiling watching this.
@Butterpants1987 Жыл бұрын
i want to like this comment...but 420 so i wont ruin it. agreed. just two people who love each other playing music having fun. its what its all about.
@blackiewheeler4706 3 жыл бұрын
Mary Ford was a lovely woman and a good guitar player that never got her proper due. She was always in the shadow of Les Paul and he used her as his muse. He treated her as the dumb sidekick. She turned to Alcohol and she succumbed to an early dearth at the age of 53. She deserved better than what she got. Rest in peace dear Mary.
@gm-zz8so 5 күн бұрын
BS
@Bobby007D 7 жыл бұрын
1950's early shreading.
@josedealva4205 5 жыл бұрын
the pickups sound very weird they dont break up as much as when slash plays, for example
@Hi-rw5fd 5 жыл бұрын
Shredding tapping and hammering
@worldwonderland5900 5 жыл бұрын
And so beautifully done by a man and a woman ❤️
@eddievhfan1984 5 жыл бұрын
@@josedealva4205 Humbucking pickups hadn't been introduced yet, AFAIK. In addition, Les always searched for that cleaner tone, and a Marshall JCM 800 set on full blast is an altogether different beast than that particular goal.
@bonnibloop_ 5 жыл бұрын
@@eddievhfan1984 I was about to say that lol
@VonBluesman 9 жыл бұрын
Good clean talented humor that puts a smile on your face. I miss the old days. God bless Les and Mary.
@duster71 7 жыл бұрын
MorbidManMusic why be negative on others belief, go fuck yourself
@shotput8 7 жыл бұрын
duster71, is that a biblical proverb?
@duster71 7 жыл бұрын
shotput8 why yes it is its from from the old testament called dont be a douchebag
@jimdep6542 6 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS Les Paul & Mary Ford. May the peace of Christ be with you.
@eduardopuccini 5 жыл бұрын
@MorbidManMusic I'm not even religious but that's an unnecesary comment.
@tedcabana 3 жыл бұрын
Mary was an amazing guitarist and unrivaled as a singer. They were the greatest, most innovative performing couple in American history.
@priesty4783 2 жыл бұрын
Rarely have I seen two people more in tune (forgive the pun) with each other. Magnificent.
@andrewince8824 5 жыл бұрын
Mary quietly upstaging Les. Got to love these two spectacular guitarists.
@orlock20 5 жыл бұрын
By the end of the song, she had a six string guitar and he had a five string guitar.
@vinnothelizard 4 жыл бұрын
DREADFUL guitar playing... not FUNNY at all.. pure shit
@williamhommel4252 4 жыл бұрын
The Wizard of Waukesha! And Les ain't bad, either! 😉
@packingten 4 жыл бұрын
@@vinnothelizard You should be named the PUKE.
@silvrface 4 жыл бұрын
@@vinnothelizard It's not SUPPOSED to be "good guitar playing". It was strictly a comedy bit, mostly ad-libbed, topped off beautifully when Les broke a string. They were screwing around having fun.. Too bad you apparently think "guitar heroes" should only play skillful, quality music and never just be silly. Which means it's not "shit". It means you're a close-minded, "serious guitarist" who didn't get it. I can tell just by your comment that I'd never want to be in a band with you; and if you're in one at all it probably has a high turnover rate because of your control issues. Better make sure the pizza delivery sign doesn't fall off your car....😛
@Cherrytea558 7 жыл бұрын
What a great couple. It's great to see them playing together and having fun.
@debopamroy56 8 ай бұрын
It just hit me....I don't think any musicians today can put on a show like this. The sensibilities of their era have changed. This kind of humour just doesn't exist anymore. How bittersweet.
@claudiomireltontemp528 Жыл бұрын
On July 07, 1924, Mary Ford was born, an American vocalist and guitarist, known for her musical partnership with her then-husband Les Paul. Between 1950 and 1954, the duo had 16 Top 10 hits. By 1951 they had sold six million records. Ford and Paul were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood. In 1978, they were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Ford succumbed to complications from alcohol abuse in 1977. After eight weeks in a diabetic coma, she died in Arcadia, California, aged 53.
@LRS905 4 жыл бұрын
Mary Ford was an absolute BABE!
@mr.random987 3 жыл бұрын
RL R SHWING!
@Tnteamclear 3 жыл бұрын
Agree
@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo 3 жыл бұрын
And a lady, they are rare.
@alanlewis5611 4 жыл бұрын
A reminder that Mary was a helluva guitarist in her own right. Great stuff.
@christianzafiroglu6705 3 жыл бұрын
This is almost avant- grade. A standard country song absolutely buggered with discordances. And on broadcast tv.
@buzzawuzza3743 3 жыл бұрын
You might give some old Spike Jones records a try. Spike and his band did the same kind of crazy versions of hits of the day.
@alaysiakayebutler6299 3 жыл бұрын
With real humor..so good natured
@robertromero5294 2 жыл бұрын
My dad , a guitarist as well, once told me yrs ago that Mary was no slouch herself as a guitarist...thus must very where he saw her play...I love her tone of her Les Paul...listen closely to it...oh and her real name was Coleen Sommers...
@crhu319 2 жыл бұрын
It's like Yes or King Crimson playing country.
@sajateacher 3 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe this guy named himself after the guitar. ( :
@thisisaspa 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, i wouldn't name myself Fender Stratocaster tho but if so, that would be kinda weird but kinda cool
@lenny108 3 жыл бұрын
You can't play such sob stuff on a Gibson Les Paul
@johnevatt518 3 жыл бұрын
I know the unmitigated gall, the audacity! LOL
@Whereyouatyo 3 жыл бұрын
Too funny. Good one
@breadzeppelin2705 3 жыл бұрын
The other way around mate
@osama_salem 4 жыл бұрын
This is the best ad for a guitar I've ever seen in my life....
@anuragdeshpande4915 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I'm so convinced to buy a mary Ford delay pedal lol
@eternalme1016 7 жыл бұрын
Les......the ORIGINAL SHREDDER!!! Shame on me, I keep forgetting that Mary KILLS IT on Guitar! What a GREAT Team those two. They were before my time, but that's a Testament to their GREATNESS. 🎸💚
@lnklttr 7 жыл бұрын
Makes me think of that line about Ginger Rogers, she did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels
@malcolmbryant 7 жыл бұрын
Yes! Brilliant allusion to the Ginger and Fred line!
@taylormade410 5 жыл бұрын
Mary played a mean guitar when women in general didn't play guitar - she was very special back then.
@carlsmith1263 5 жыл бұрын
Sister Rosetta Tharp. Roy Clark is better than Les
@kesmarn 5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that she could play like that. She really could keep up with him. At least until his string snapped... So cute.
@TheIRedIQueen Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest performances I have ever seen! What an absolutely marvellous routine. If only we had more of this around today. Nothing but two people with immense talent and two guitars. Mary's voice, talent and beauty is so perfectly matched by the INCREDIBLE skills and musicianship of Les. Their skills as entertainers is so awesome. They could have came out and just played the song, but instead turn it into the perfect showcase of music and humour in the most wholesome way possible. What a wonderful legacy to have left the world. Thank you so much, Les and Mary.
@svartmetall 2 жыл бұрын
When you have 2 people improvising and one has to follow the other and match what they just did, it's a LOT harder to be the one following. Mary killed it here!
@cchavezjr7 2 жыл бұрын
When you see someone improvising at a concert or tv, that improvisation is usually very well rehearsed.
@rose.i 2 жыл бұрын
@@cchavezjr7 bru what?
@cchavezjr7 2 жыл бұрын
@@rose.i That's too difficult for you to understand?
@rose.i 2 жыл бұрын
@@cchavezjr7 no youre just full of shit
@lessylessy 2 жыл бұрын
@@rose.i I don't think so, when I rehearse in general, I find licks and such. Once I have a collection I like, I use them in my performances, while still improvised, but with a plan of what I could play when.
@user-uw4ch8qr5e 10 ай бұрын
As a little kid I listened to a 78rpm record of "Mockingbird Hill" over and over. It would help later in life when I taught myself to play electric guitar in the mid'60's and was in several bands from high school through college. Great inspiration.
@lespauldisciple3349 5 жыл бұрын
Something to consider... Les Paul is the only person to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame AND the Inventors Hall of Fame. Personally I think Leo Fender deserves to be the second...
@davidburke2132 5 жыл бұрын
LesPaulDisciple And Ted McCarty the third. 😃
@IAm-qf2xb 5 жыл бұрын
Heard that
@ErikJensenDetroit 5 жыл бұрын
But Leo Fender couldn't play a single note. That's why he worked with George Fullerton.
@davidburke2132 5 жыл бұрын
Erik Jensen Same with Ted McCarty. But I don’t think anyone would argue that they both didn’t make a massive contribution to rock and roll (and music in general): just think how much different the music scene would have been with no Strats, Teles, Les Pauls or ES-335s. And I’d suggest that the invention of those models and the early years development of the electric guitar in general is a good argument for both of them getting into the inventor’s call of fame. By the way... Leo Fender is already in the rock and roll hall of fame. There are plenty of non performers in the HoF and Leo is one of them.
@ME-ru4hv 5 жыл бұрын
Because multitrack baby!
@pseudosun 2 жыл бұрын
awesome - they are playing with their guitar while delivering perfect vocals and flawless guitar playing
@dkerr4077 3 жыл бұрын
So sad how we all know Les' ability, but completely pass over Mary's talent, and ability. She's incredible!
@duvan-solis 2 жыл бұрын
Literally... Nobody. To be precise people aren't speaking bad of Mary or good of Les, like if they're mentioning something is Mary ability nor Les.
@tommyhatcher3399 2 жыл бұрын
This video is heart-warming. You're too modern to have your heart warmed.
@dkerr4077 2 жыл бұрын
@@tommyhatcher3399 I'm not to modern. I wish I was. I was born in the middle of the last century. My heart was warmed by them years ago. I just wish she got more credit for her? talent, and ability. Thanks for the "compliment" about modern though.
@dennismccunney4462 2 жыл бұрын
Not only could Mary follow Les - she could do it as well, _and_ get better tone on her guitar. Do any recordings exist of Mary playing solo?
@jackpike2712 2 жыл бұрын
and now a word from the; glass half full guy....person and they omitted their pronouns
@walterpalmer2749 5 жыл бұрын
Breaks a string. no problem. The show goes on.
@RSProduxx 5 жыл бұрын
most of the playing was done by her anyway :P
@ashishpanwar909 5 жыл бұрын
Yet he didn't play after breaking that string.
@andredesaintphalle 9 жыл бұрын
Little did they realize what lay ahead for that guitar! God bless Les!
@linggawicaksono687 5 жыл бұрын
Bankcrupcy
@wildmoonchild8210 5 жыл бұрын
Kei n Rai too soon
@bunkosquad2000 5 жыл бұрын
God bless Les and Leo...
@vladimirdonato5026 2 жыл бұрын
i am 21 years old but i still listening this.
@mrpankau 2 жыл бұрын
I always knew Mary had a sultry, gorgeous voice, but I never knew she could throw down with Les on guitar too!
@mck1972 7 жыл бұрын
I had the great privilege to see Les live at the Iridium in NYC, back in 1998. At that time, he was 83, but he still burned up that fretboard in a way that put most players to shame! And he autographed my CD too! :-) RIP to the Master!
@jamesedwards2237 5 жыл бұрын
Very cool!!
@dajoler 5 жыл бұрын
Great combination of humor and genuine skill. Also took some pretty big balls of Les, considering most of the source of the humor was him being handed his ass to him by Mary; he was known as one of the premier guitar players of his day and he gave her a platform to really show her chops. Sad that she died the way she did.
@MrFredstt 4 жыл бұрын
How’d she die?
@macmuggo5459 4 жыл бұрын
MrFredstt In case you didn’t look it up, from Wikipedia: Ford succumbed to complications of alcohol abuse in 1977. After eight weeks in a diabetic coma, she died in Arcadia, California, at the age of 53. She is buried at Forest Lawn-Covina Hills in Covina, California. Although her year of birth has been variously reported as either 1924, 1925, or 1928, the year 1924 is engraved on her tombstone,[30] along with "Vaya con Dios", the name of one of her most popular songs.
@danielbarreto1973 4 жыл бұрын
@@macmuggo5459 Wow! Thanks!!
@Wooburnmusic 3 жыл бұрын
Mac, thankyou I didn't know that. Best wishes 🎸🎶👍
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 жыл бұрын
@@macmuggo5459 I was relying on you to tell us. Yup, a drunken death is about the WORST thing I've ever seen. Don't quit alone. DT's are no joke. You can die from withdrawal, and I think only Benzos (Xanax and Valium are in than family) and booze can kill you during withdrawl.
@ronmarler5746 3 жыл бұрын
Mary Ford is the most underrated singer of all time. Mary played the guitar just well as Les. If it was Not for Mary Les would be a complete unknown now. Mary Ford should have gone down in history as the greatest singer of all time. So very sad all Mary Ford as ever had was a life of playing second fiddle to Les Paul. She never got the respect that she deserves. People bought Les Paul and Mary Ford records to hear Mary's beautiful voice singing. Les Paul would never have the money to develop the electric guitar and multitrack recording if were not for Mary, which will be several million dollars in today's money. it's high time Mary gets the respect that she deserves.
@langjr0 2 жыл бұрын
You just gave it to her,(the respect). Thanks
@jasonhiggins8909 3 жыл бұрын
They were so good together.. it broke his heart when mary died.less is legendary forever!
@IanRob2011 4 жыл бұрын
Still two of the most talented people ever. Loved their music as a kid. I’m now 71. Still love it.
@usmale4915 4 жыл бұрын
Me too, I'm just a week away from my 71st birthday! Posted March 24, 2020
@jacquesduplessis6175 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Mary tuned her guitar by looking him in the eyes, classy girl! Hanging on to my LPCustom forever cause it's pure love.
@dixieboy5689 2 жыл бұрын
All of this is out of control. Nothing else like it. Real guitar. BOSS
@winonamassingill7895 2 жыл бұрын
Well, thank you so much for completely finishing that song. If there anything that I hate, it for a song to not ending and leaves me hanging somewhere up there and holding my breath until the song has ended. My young granddaughter plays violin with her school band. They had gone to play for different schools and places to play Christmas carols. They were playing one and it was being recorded and the video shut off just before the last note had been played. I don’t know how many times I watched that video and hoping that last note would be played. Of course, I KNOW that it won’t so why do I keep on doing it? I guess I’m like that old man who’s watching a movie about a lady is about to take all of her clothes off when a freight train passes by and obscures his view of it. When someone asks him why he just keeps watching it over and over again, he just says, “I just keep hoping that someday, that train will be running late. 🚂🚂🚂😂😂😂
@galacticmess7050 5 жыл бұрын
Is this the cutest and most wholesome live performance ever?
@peterpresutti4064 3 жыл бұрын
That was s great time things are so screwed today
@mikeythemaestro 5 жыл бұрын
I hope one day to find a Mary Ford for the Les Paul in my heart.
@akankshayadav8864 5 жыл бұрын
You definitely will :p
@clemtoe 2 жыл бұрын
These are the classiest, most relatable people to have ever been famous. These are the people you want at your cookout.
@user-nq9gz4xf7f 2 жыл бұрын
Les Paul truly met his match with Mary Ford! He was the genius and she was music.
@rivereuphrates8103 5 жыл бұрын
Those Les Pauls must've been an absolute pleasure to play. Doesn't hurt that it's Les and Mary themselves playing them, no less.
@audiophileman7047 4 жыл бұрын
People rightfully praise Les for his many contributions to music, but Mary was a big part of their duo. Without Mary, I doubt Les would have gone as far as musician. When she left the group, he could never find anyone to replace her. That says it all! 👍💖🎸😎
@denisechetty4019 3 жыл бұрын
I am amazed about Mary's guitar playing!
@amyt5849 3 жыл бұрын
Hello, how are you doing I hope you’re having a great day so far, and how’s everything going on over there ❤️❤️
@DanielCoe 3 жыл бұрын
I met Les Paul backstage at the Iridium in 2004. I told him how my dad saw him play at a Boy Scout Jamboree in 1955. Without a moment's pause, he recalled that during the performance all the scouts were waving their flashlights in the dark. He also noted that it was the day before he headed down to meet Eisenhower in the White House. He was very generous to have allowed my friend and I to sneak in like that-a class act!
@paulprice6330 6 жыл бұрын
Doc we need to get back to 1955
@jimdep6542 6 жыл бұрын
MAGA !
@389383 5 жыл бұрын
I like being in color!
@ACoustaDC 5 жыл бұрын
it'd be great, but I don't think their were any roads.
@philiphoward1731 5 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1950s they had all those big beautiful cars big beautiful Cadillacs with V-8 engines gasoline was $.25 a gallon it must’ve been fun of all they didn’t have the computers back then but we could build those big beautiful cars again. It’s thanks to all the politically correct retards that we can’t do it you know we could build a big beautiful cars we could build a big beautiful Les Pauls again it would be awesome let’s make America great again🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💰💰💰💰💰💰
@will2741 5 жыл бұрын
'wah wah political correctness terk mah jerb'. Grow up snowflake, it's 2019.
@JoeyFielding1 7 жыл бұрын
a chic that plays guitar and sings on that level.........heaven he was a very lucky guy
@jimvandemoter6961 5 жыл бұрын
That 'chick' was his wife, Mary Ford. Check out some of their other videos, she was a certified badass player in her own right. she could play some ripping rhythm guitar while singing and not even look down at her fingers. She truly got overshadowed by him. I started playing because of them, two years before the Beatles. I was nine years old. I'm sixty seven now, and I still play.
@TestingMonkeyStudios 5 жыл бұрын
@@jimvandemoter6961 I love how you use the Beatles as a bench mark point in history.
@jimvandemoter6961 5 жыл бұрын
@@TestingMonkeyStudios I used them as a reference because everyone knows who they were. And you have to admit they totally changed the way popular music was thought of. A lot of people took up guitar because of the Beatles, but I was ahead of them. I got in my first band in '65 and I was already ahead of most because I started when I did. I got in my second band in '67 and played all over. During those years I had a chance to open for some people who went on to be big names themselves, like Bob Seger, and Ted Nugent, but it all started with Les and Mary. I went on to study theory, composition and arranging and taught for over thirty years.
@williamsipes5744 5 жыл бұрын
Damn. If only Mary got her due. I can name very few guitarists that can go lick for lick with Les.
@jimvandemoter6961 5 жыл бұрын
@@williamsipes5744 How true.
@philliamproject8113 2 жыл бұрын
Genius guitar player and his lovely wife Mary was certainly no slouch on guitar! Rest In Peace both of you!
@jerrymoney1479 Күн бұрын
Mary is amazing ! Wow … totally underrated musician!!!
@MKUnited 4 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see what Stratocaster looks like
@sagnikpaul1811 4 жыл бұрын
@@counterfeit1148 lol. You are the funniest grammar Nazi I have seen.
@counterfeit1148 4 жыл бұрын
@@confederatestatesofamerica8440 Thanks for the reply which reminded me this comment existed so I deleted it
@c3nturin896 4 жыл бұрын
I would rather know what reverse flying v looks like, I have some question for him.
@calvinevans6347 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@counterfeit1148 4 жыл бұрын
@@c3nturin896 I'm sure you want to do more than ask him questions
@candysantillo3325 5 жыл бұрын
This was seriously heartwarming and entertaining thank you for sharing
@baronratfish3865 5 жыл бұрын
It really was! Wasn't it?🙂
@fonkamex 4 жыл бұрын
When you combine music and comedy. Love the simplicity and authenticity of this couple.
@alaysiakayebutler6299 3 жыл бұрын
The two elements; the only two elements( music and humor) that (should..) qualify as entertainment!!
@ikkenhisatsu7170 Жыл бұрын
Mary Ford was incredible.I don't know what more can be said.
@K_DZ236 5 жыл бұрын
How refreshing! Sweet, funny, lovely talent without any vulgarity! Bring it back!
@mattyc.9332 5 жыл бұрын
There's a lot out there. Time to widen your scope....
@DKDonson 5 жыл бұрын
Agree.
@AeroZeppelin-rb4pt 5 жыл бұрын
Peniston
@SimonFerocius 5 жыл бұрын
It's called genious entertainment
@K_DZ236 5 жыл бұрын
@@SimonFerocius Indeed! 😊
@PeterDad60 4 жыл бұрын
There is no place like home and my wife and I finally got our own home! Thanks for your song Les and Mary. As it reminds us to be thankful and grateful for the things we do have.
@simonsimon325 10 ай бұрын
How complimentary their voices are. And they play great obviously. Amazing.
@peterfarrell66 3 жыл бұрын
What a fun performance! She matched him lick for lick, harmonized perfectly and they carried on even after he broke a string!
@hartleyroadmusic 4 жыл бұрын
4:58 he breaks a string and goes on like it was all part of the gag! What an entertainer.
@aceofspades02 4 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too. But why he interrupted her? Would that be something like "Don't break it too!"
@DatBoi-mo9vc 4 жыл бұрын
@@aceofspades02 because he lost the little "competition" in the song.
@BryanHicks69 3 жыл бұрын
Her laugh is so precious
@johnnymartini4989 3 жыл бұрын
@@aceofspades02 well it turned out pretty funny in the end so can’t really complain
@hartleyroadmusic 3 жыл бұрын
@@imd1b4u Right. You're not a guitar player are you.
@bigjohnson9561 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Mary Ford could play really good. Looks like Les had some serious competition back in the day.
@IAm-qf2xb 5 жыл бұрын
Gerald Johnson She kicked his ass.
@TheChadPad 5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea
@0penpress 4 жыл бұрын
Well*
@vividvulpe9842 4 жыл бұрын
*really WELL^
@Tx1113 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you les for my 1958 les Paul best guitar ever!!!!
@terrymorrison4784 Ай бұрын
What a wonderful performance. I love this video.
@joeok8641 8 жыл бұрын
Entertainment when excellence prevailed..
@lespauldisciple3349 4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU to everyone who has commented here. Yes, Mary had the voice of an angel and was a fine guitarist in her own right. Mary had an ability to arrange very complex vocal lines and harmonies. In that regard she was like a female Brian Wilson.
@guessundheit6494 3 жыл бұрын
Try again. Wilson was a male Mary Ford. She was first.
@captainamerica9353 3 жыл бұрын
@@guessundheit6494 , Mary Ford did not achieve what Brian Wilson did, not even close. But she was very talented.
@thomasfritsch3536 2 жыл бұрын
I believe this whole video is about anything you can do she can do as well so it's an ode to Mary and All her talents
@nhb1234 3 күн бұрын
I saw them live- Amazing and national treasures!
@ericajohnson7535 2 жыл бұрын
she was so cute!! and the broken string at the end was hysterically well-timed!
@authvm 5 жыл бұрын
Les Paul and Mary Ford couple of genius
@robertritchie2860 5 жыл бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore often cites Les Paul as a big influence. its all here the little melodies outside the song structure, playing bum notes on purpose etc. Great showmanship!
@LKaramazov 3 жыл бұрын
As a black person, even though a lot of bad things happened back then, this era just seems more wholesome and normal. Maybe the people weren’t as happy as they looked, but it just seems better, more relaxed, and desirable. This culture is like a distant memory, like there’s absolutely nothing of it left, like Atlantis.
@kencarole8415 3 жыл бұрын
The fifties were the greatest for music,so much talent Looking back for most it was the best of times, for some it could and should have also been the best of times
@kenz2756 3 жыл бұрын
That's because you have the internet now and sees all the bad shit going on everywhere.
@kenz2756 3 жыл бұрын
@@kencarole8415 Some would argue the classical period was the best period for music. What do you think?
@LKaramazov 3 жыл бұрын
@@kenz2756 could be, for sure. Who had any idea of CIA coups back in the day, among other things?
@brad8749 3 жыл бұрын
the media murdered it in vietnam
@dextec49 2 жыл бұрын
Two of a kind. Kudos to both of them! Mary Ford is a pioneer, trailblazer and Les Paul the great guitarist and innovations to music is historically important to music. Timeless video!
@graymccavish5052 9 жыл бұрын
has she got the cutest little laugh or what?
@lespauldisciple3349 9 жыл бұрын
gray mccavish Mary was a charmer of the highest order. Hers' is a genuine laugh, not a performer's affectation. Les was the eternal ham so when Mr. Showman broke a string, Mary had no choice but to laugh at his misfortune.
@beatweezl 8 жыл бұрын
I fell IN LOVE with her speaking voice, singing voice, and laugh.
@malcolmbryant 7 жыл бұрын
You, me and millions of red-blooded guys.
@johnfkay8341 7 жыл бұрын
What an awesome performance. So raw and honest. Both such talented entertainers. You can really tell that they were so in love. And they were together till the end. A great example for today's fickle relationships. Thanks to whoever posted.
@jdy5556 7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but they were together from 1949 to 1964 when they divorced.
@awesomejohnnet 9 жыл бұрын
Priceless treasure!
@muz7084 5 жыл бұрын
Asım Can gündüzü burda bulucağım hiç aklıma gelmezdi. İkonik bir an yaşıyorum şuan kendimle
@enrath4078 2 жыл бұрын
K so I'm a very modern metal head. All about crazy taps and sweeps and shit. Love prog and experimental and djent and all that.. And this..... Holy shit no wonder he's a legend. And Mary is quite the badass herself for that matter.
@GustavoDB 8 ай бұрын
Great musicians, actors, comedians, great singers... And humble persons... Also made history. ❤Lovely
@johnricci4511 4 жыл бұрын
i fell in love with her voice as a little kid. I'm 64 now. Thank you Colleen Summers!
@itstrue2599 5 жыл бұрын
It's kind of cool to see what was going on like 70 years ago♡
@danbegelman 2 жыл бұрын
Aside from being an incredible guitar player, an innovator, and an inventor, he is such a tremendous entertainer. And Mary Ford is just as amazing on guitar, vocals, and entertaining as well. What a great routine they put together, so musical, so entertaining. I can watch this over and over again and not enjoy it with a smile on my face. And as a guitarist, how can I not love those early 50's Gold Tops! I have had many Les Paul's pass through my hands over the years, and most recently acquired a '68 Gold Top with P-90's (looks like what they're playing, but newer by about 15 or 16 years). Lots of guitars out there, so many great ones, need to have them all. But if I could only own one electric guitar, it would be a Les Paul. Thank you Les Paul and the Gibson guitar company. And I do have and love Fenders as well, so thank you Leo as well. But Les Paul's are it for me!
@Eddie-B-Dude 2 жыл бұрын
That’s the first time I have encountered with the duo and all I can say is that Mary Ford is criminally underrated! How the hell I didn’t know about her before 🙀
@josephjester4917 Жыл бұрын
Age, you youngun.
@roman14032 7 жыл бұрын
i wonder if anyone in that audience knew they where looking at the most important musicians of the 20th century
@donrutter6550 7 жыл бұрын
There are some great musicians after them, but it would be funny watching Eric Johnson or Eddie Van halen t a rock concert playing acoustic through the whole show.
@einarabelc5 7 жыл бұрын
don rutter This guy didn't invent the electric guitar, Rickenbacker did. Check your facts and forget the propaganda.
@DSpeir-pi6tm 6 жыл бұрын
I like your thumbnail . I have all the original 66 Ultraman series on dvd . I've been watch it since I was 5 :)
@lespauldisciple3349 5 жыл бұрын
Rickenbacker's "frying pan" may have been the first commercially produced solid body electric guitar but... As a teenager Les stuck the gramophone stylus on his guitar and it was weak, but it worked. Les was far ahead of the curve like when he INVENTED multi track recording by installing a second recording head on his reel to reel tape recorder.
@roman14032 5 жыл бұрын
@@DSpeir-pi6tm yeah , ultraman has something special about it
@lespauldisciple3349 5 жыл бұрын
June 9, 2019: Happy Birthday Les Paul! (Born June 9, 1915)
@nonchalantree6604 5 жыл бұрын
dang missed it by 2 days
@normfredriksen1381 2 жыл бұрын
This gave me deep chuckles like I haven't had in a long while. This type of subtle humor has become a lost art.
@GORF_EMPIRE 3 жыл бұрын
"That guys can shred" Les Paul: "Hold my beer!"
@TomBarradas 4 жыл бұрын
Overshadowed by Les (and who wouldn't be), Mary Ford was in fact a pretty darn good guitarist herself!
@cooperhamilton6141 3 жыл бұрын
Yes she was, and its really great the Les was able to give her the platform to show her skill
@xochitljustice777 2 жыл бұрын
@@cooperhamilton6141 shame that's how it works
@brianbirrer2373 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Talented!
@harryprater9014 7 жыл бұрын
Les Paul was a genius...!! I remember an interview with Keith Richards....who said the same thing. Les Paul invented almost all of the effects still used today in a studio today...delay...reverb....distortion....echo...multitrack......the list goes on and on.
@chrispile3878 7 жыл бұрын
Don't forget flanging....
@danieltrue1689 6 жыл бұрын
and the Phaser
@jaymemangano1154 6 жыл бұрын
Rock on!
@eugeneeaton7262 5 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the looper !
@IAm-qf2xb 5 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the tube screamer and univibe and whammy pedal
@corsair371 Ай бұрын
Their playing technique is flawless and so clean. Amazing 🤩
@austinnicolsonmusic711 3 жыл бұрын
I love how Mary just laughed when les’ string snapped
@BackToTheBlues 2 жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same thing!
@shadowbanned5164 5 жыл бұрын
Both extremely talented and entertaining gotta love the vibe of this performance.
@emersonvieira2157 8 жыл бұрын
so cute...lovely and genius...this not exist anymore
@thebluenightduo6635 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Outstanding
@jeffm4284 Жыл бұрын
I love my classical and jazz tremendously. But when I leave this earth, I want to hear a Les Paul taking me to my destiny. Hopefully with him playing if he made the journey. Those talents were playing a new instrument that changed the world. There's nothing new under the sun as we know. But by "nothing new" - I mean today's music... I love all the great talents.