And what do you do for work? "Oh, I'm the tape delay."

Those beautiful guitars... takes my breath away.

4:57 les popped a string but carried on playing ....class.

Mary ford was so beautiful

The only video makes me smile from start ti the end

Turning the guitars on then air when it was needed. What real live TV used to be before videotape systems were invented. (To preserve TV shows back then, if they were gonna bother with that at all, it had to be shot on film, which deteriorated the images severely and looked pretty bad when developed. They were called "kinescopes". It's close to a miracle this great performance was captured and survived at all, and looks as good as it does. Someday digital technology will hopefully be used to improve this image and its sound as well.

My favorite part is him not being able to keep it in tune, lmao.

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QED! You know what I mean...

Absolutely fabulous! That certainly wasn't a sanitized vanilla performance prepped for television.

She was the Karen Carpenter in music back then!!! ❤❤❤

Hell of a gal! A National Treasure

Notice the gender competition. My parents in their mid 80s watched them in the early 1950s long before I was home.

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I am reminded of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. Everyone marvelled at what a superb dancer Fred was but Ginger said that she did everything that Fred did only backwards and in heels. Les is an incredible guitar player and Mary never was, in any way, shape or form, second to him in the guitar playing arena. Like Ginger, Mary played everything that Les did, just a beat later and in heels. I have seen many clips of her playing over the years and I have never felt that she got the recognition that she deserves. Mind you, Les casts a big shadow. I mean, those guitars are fantastic, I own 3 of them and am always on the look out for a 4th.

Now, that's entertainment!

What a delight!

Damn this is refreshing

Ahh, back when guitar was fun. This is brilliant to see. Thanks for the post.

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It's a shame she was a hardcore alcoholic. That's why he divorced her.

Front hole guitars.

Ed and Jimi learned from these two, directly or indirectly. There is no denying this fact.

I've never seen top mounted jacks on an LP. Unless my eyes are decieveing me because of the video quality.

Les Paul invented multitrack recording with reel to reel tape recorders that he modified. The original tape recorders were a gift from Bing Crosby.

Life was definitely easier way back when. You can't go back, just move forwards. A good beginner could play this nowadays.

....i'd like to know ....what drugs he took.....? mushrooms ? LsD ?....

It was just one of those things

The jack on this guitar is located on the top of the body.

That was a lot of fun!

Hey they are both playing Les Paul guitars.

I came here from Pawn Stars 👀 👀

Les Paul is playing a Les Paul guitar. What a coincidence!!!

I hate to say it but, music back then was basically trash

Just beautiful ❤

Those guitars are worth an absolute fortune now…

Amazing musicians!!!

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👍👏

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(4:25) That's the moment Les and Mary created the concept of psychedelic rock guitar solos

Simpaticissimi entrambi!!!!! Qui potete vedere all opera ....il creatore della mitica chitarra les Paul. Per noi chitarristi una vera Icona!! Ma oggi le corde durano di più meno male ;)

Tapping!

Mary was already famous when she and Les met

Man she's cute!

This act is utter garbage, but mary is excellent singer and guitar player.

The true guitar magician

They absolutely make me smile.. amazing!

Lindo!! Esse cara é um gênio na guitarra

That fretboard monkey business and the broken string are a much milder, gentler precursor of the Who smashing their guitars.