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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:39 GMT, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:03:01 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:55:25 GMT, "RG" wrote:



Not exactly the same thing, but Les Paul (of guitar fame) invented the
concept of "sound on sound" and "sound with sound" recording. He
added
heads to reel to reel tape decks and perfected the technique.
The old recordings of him and Mary Ford used the technique and were
super
"high tech" for their day.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan0...racks_0107.htm

Eisboch

Yep, the father of multitrack recording. He really started it all.
Most
people only think of Les as a guitar player, of which he was a giant, of
course. But few know of his profound love of and his innovations in
recording technology. Quite a guy.


If you ever have the opportunity, there is a pretty good movie about
Les Paul called "Chasing Sound". Netflix has it.

My favorite moment in the whole movie is when he opens an old guitar
case on his bed, and there is... Django Reinhardts guitar! WOW!

You know - Django Reinhardt is a name most people don't recognise.

Same with Stephen Grappelli (sp?)... :)

Yeah, most people.

For those who don't know, Django Reinhardt was a young French gypsy
guitarist who was starting to make a name for himself when he was
badly burned in a fire in his gypsy trailer that was filled with paper
flowers. Gypsy's don't have access to doctors. His left hand was
reduced to a lobster like claw, with fingers fused together. He had
essentially two clumsy "fingers"when it was all over. He could no
longer play chords, which was all guitars were used for (rhythm
accompaniment) back then.

Rather than give up, Django came up with a whole new style of playing,
which is mostly arpeggios, or playing the notes of chords individually
rather than all at once. His style was so distinct that they started
letting him do guitar solos in the middle of Jazz numbers. He INVENTED
lead guitar, and changed the background instrument's role forever.

It's hard to find a serious guitarist who doesn't think of Django
Reinhardt as the father of modern guitar as we know it.


Never knew that. Thanks, it was interesting.

Eisboch