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Mary Ford

Les Paul and Mary Ford’s 'Bye Bye Blues!' artwork
Every Guitar Player Can Learn Something From Listening to Les Paul and Mary Ford’s ‘Bye Bye Blues!’ Featuring great melodies, bends, trills, slides and raking, the electric guitar innovator always puts the listener first on this ‘50s gem
Les Paul tinkers in his studio.
The Incredible Story of Les Paul's "Lover" – the Breakthrough Multitrack Recording That Changed the World, Part 2 Seventy-five years later, we’re still reeling from this groundbreaking single
Les Paul records with wife Mary Ford in his home studio in the 1950s.
The Incredible Story of Les Paul's "Lover" – the Breakthrough Multitrack Recording That Changed the World, Part 1 In 1948, Les Paul turned the recording industry on its head with “Lover” and its “space-age” guitars

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American musician and inventor Les Paul (1915 - 2009) and his wife Mary Ford (1924 - 1977) demonstrate two of Paul's new electric guitars during a press reception at the Savoy Hotel in London, 9th September 1952.

Watch Guitar Legends Les Paul and Mary Ford Demonstrate Their Pioneering Multitrack Recording Techniques

By Rod Brakes published 7 July 22

Video This entertaining TV clip from 1953 proves the duo were way ahead of the game.

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Les Paul holding a Gibson Les Paul Standard

Watch Les Paul Give Ignorant Guitarist His Comeuppance

By Rod Brakes published 13 August 21

VIDEO Remembering the great Les Paul with fondness (and a beer).

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Watch Les Paul and Mary Ford Have a Guitar Duel in 1954

By GP Editors last updated 25 June 21

Les and his wife Mary Ford weren’t only known in guitar circles in the early '50s, they were two of the biggest names in music.

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