Les Paul
Subtitle: in his own words
By: Les Paul and Michael Cochran ; foreword by Paul McCartney ; photographed by Wolf Hoffmann
Contributors: Cochran, Michael, author; Hoffmann, Wolf, 1959-
Edition: Centennial edition.
Publisher: Backbeat
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781495047398
Subjects: Guitarists; Biography; Inventors
Description: The guitarist and inventor describes his music career, his relationship with his wife Mary Ford, and the inspirations for the inventions that changed the music industry.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: York, Pa. : Gemstone Publishing, 2005.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Waukesha childhood; title: Red hot red; title: St. Louis blues; title: Springfield via Kalamazoo; title: Chicago (1934-1938); title: New York, New York (1938-1941); title: Back in Chicago (1941-1942); title: California bound (1943); title: Armed Forces Radio; title: Swinging on a star (Connecting with Bing); title: The garage studio; title: Along came Mary; title: Back to the woodshed; title: Fateful journey; title: On the mend; title: The gift from Bing; title: A new beginning; title: Back to New York; title: Love and marriage; title: How high the moon; title: Hooking up with Gibson; title: The whirlwind of '51; title: The move to Mahwah; title: Overdrive; title: Vaya con Dios; title: Gibson resurrection; title: The last tango; title: Back in the swing; title: Heart trouble; title: All that jazz; title: Chasing the sound; title: The gift; title: Encores and echoes.