[Bret L]

On Aug 13, 7:21 pm, vinyl anachronist
wrote:
On Aug 13, 5:07 pm, Bret L wrote:

Yes, he was. Most people do not realize that he, with wife Mary
Ford, was enormously successful as a pop artist in the postwar/prerock
years, particularly the late 40s and early 50s.

Um no, most people realize this.

I bet if you polled 100 people outside a Wal-Mart 99 wouldn't. What's
more interesting is that would also be true of a Guitar Center.

[vinyl anachronist]

On Aug 13, 5:40�pm, Bret L wrote:
On Aug 13, 7:21 pm, vinyl anachronist
wrote:

On Aug 13, 5:07 pm, Bret L wrote:

Yes, he was. Most people do not realize that he, with wife Mary
Ford, was enormously successful as a pop artist in the postwar/prerock
years, particularly the late 40s and early 50s.

Um no, most people realize this.

�I bet if you polled 100 people outside a Wal-Mart 99 wouldn't. What's
more interesting is that would also be true of a Guitar Center.

"Most" people don't hang out in front of Wal-Marts and Guitar Centers.
I'm around a lot of musicians, and an overwhelming amount of them are
familiar with Les Paul and Mary Ford. Thanks for the history lesson,
but it was probably a tad condescending for this crowd.