roy smeck - banjo-steel-ukelele video free download

NeilAvon

Not only does this show Roy Smeck preceding Les Paul with multitracking, but you should notice that in the opening song Roy is playing a solid body electric guitar at least ten years before Les Paul reportedly brought his "log" to Gibson which according to common lore led to the birth of the solid body electric. The greatest irony however is that Gibson built Roy's electric steel for him in 1936 and even had a Roy Smeck signature model in production just a year or two later under their Recording King label. I guess the Gibson marketing team forgot about all that when they started promoting the Les Paul in the early 50's. So to this day, Les Paul is often referred to as the inventor of the solid body electric. BTW, neither Roy Smeck nor Gibson Guitars had anything to do with inventing the electric guitar either. A totally different set of people achieved that a few years earlier. But that is a whole other story.

Yuke002

he is freaking Awesome, a real Genious.... I always thought Eddie VH invited those tapping stuff...man i was wrong How Old is this material 1930 ths ??

Marcelo Pluviometro

<3

ThaMitz

dont they play this on spongebob?

kathberry8

...how did I get here??!!...

ZIGGY

@XXNEALJUNGXX ...and ur his boy freak!!! :D

Mark McWhirter

Thats some the craziest guitar work ive ever heard in my life <3

2300skiddoo

First (and last) tune is "Farewell Blues," first recorded in 1922 by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. It has proved remarkably durable, having been very popular with swing bands and bluegrass bands as well.

Brian Ricciardi

Hell of a showman

dotcarmine

@ratherknotty : I agree with you in thought. However, if this was multitracked, Smeck would be playing all four instruments at the same time on a single tape with each instrument on its own track. But I would think this and other shorts inspired Paul in his idea.

richard s

so this proves Les Paul did not originate multitracking!!!!!!!!! and was not the first by a long shot.

n saric

Dan ganas de aprender a tocar los 4 intrumentos. Muy bueno en la segunda parte.

DiscoGabe

watched this stoned and it was pretty awesome

Rob Chalfen

wow, multi-tracking, in essence, with film yet! zowie!

hillbillyboy77

Thanks! I love all that electro-tones of the 30's. Bob Dunn, Leon McAuliffe and certainly Roy.