If you don’t know this one already…Michael Canavan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:49 pm This is one of the issues that IMO shouldn't be one, that happens with the rise of the studio as an instrument and shaper of a sound. You can go back to the 50's at least for songs that are almost impossible to pull off live because some of the appeal is studio trickery.
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Although Les Paul was known for using tape loops and other tricks onstage, with and without his wife, Mary Ford, there was one that no one could figure out — how were Mary Ford’s vocals harmonized live? This was the 1950s.
One evening, backstage after a concert with Mary Ford, a little girl accompanied by her parents asked Les & Mary, "Where’s the other lady?"
Mary’s sister was hidden behind a screen and sang harmony. According to Les Paul, that girl was the only person who figured it out.