Friday 14 August 2009

The various obituaries that I've seen for the amazing Les Paul (only a couple of weeks ago I was urging Kris to go and hear him play in New York while he was still alive) don't mention that besides being a unique player, and inventing the solid-body electric guitar and the multi-track tape machine, he also invented home recording: he and Mary Ford would set up their futuristic rig in whatever house they happened to find themselves in on tour. That's quite a list of things to get to before anyone else.