May 21- The Anatomy of “Lover:” A Recreation of Les Paul’s First Hit
The Anatomy of Lover: A Recreation of Les Paul’s First Hit
with Sean McClowry
Saturday, May 21 at 11:00 am
Presented in-person & online.
Sean McClowry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music Industry at the College of St. Rose, talks about the recording of Les Paul’s first hit Lover.
In the late 40s, Les was experimenting with new techniques in his search for his New Sound. Sean demonstrates the use of the lathe while cutting a record using sound on sound techniques. In the biography, Les Paul in His Own Words, Les notes that he spent hundreds on acetate discs while recording Lover. Les’s first hit Lover was made on the lathe which is displayed in the Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit.
Sean McClowry specializing in historic methods of recording and music production; his area of research is Les Paul and Mary Ford, their groundbreaking recordings, and technical advancements as recording artists. Sean is a Harvey Fellow and holds a Ph.D in composition from Princeton University, MM in performance from Yale School of Music, and a BM in composition from Peabody Conservatory. He is currently working on a book about Les Paul.