The Use of Les Paul Guitars in Rock and Metal Music

There are so many electric guitars. Truly, there is a guitar for every mood, every season, and every feeling. But there are four types of electric guitar that are a bit more widely used than other ones. 

On this formely-bonus-now-main-feed episode, Kirk discusses those four guitars—the Fender Stratocaster, the Telecaster, the Gibson Les Paul, and the 335—and goes through some of the Strong Songs that have featured them.

FEATURED/DISCUSSED:

• “Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix from Axis: Bold as Love, 1967
• “Like a Prayer” by Madonna from Like a Prayer, 1989
• “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd from Second Helping, 1973
• “Home” by Cory Wong from Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul, 2019
• "Time" by Pink Floyd from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
• "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears from Songs From The Big Chair, 1985
• “Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, 1955
• "Make a Mistake With Me" by Brad Paisley from Mud on the Tires, 2003
• “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead from OK Computer, 1997
• “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971
• “Kiss” by Prince from Parade, 1986
• “Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley from Grace, 1994
• “Blood and Thunder” by Mastodon from Leviathan, 2004
• “Immigrant Song” from Led Zeppelin III, 1970
• “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra from Out of the Blue, 1978
• “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush from The Kick Inside, 1978
• “Starman” by David Bowie from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972
• “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses from Use Your Illusion, 1991
• "Sister Sadie" by Horace Silver, 1959
• “Help Me” by Joni Mitchell from Court & Spark, 1974
• “Kid Charlemagne” by Steely Dan from The Royal Scam, 1976
• “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, 1978
• “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age from Songs for the Deaf, 2004

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