Paul Tanner | |
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![]() Tanner with the Electro-Theremin. | |
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Born | Skunk Hollow, Kentucky, United States | October 15, 1917
Died | February 5, 2013 Carlsbad, California, United States | (aged 95)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, inventor, educator, author |
Instrument(s) | Trombone, Electro-Theremin |
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Paul Tanner (October 15, 1917 – February 5, 2013) was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He developed and played the Electro-Theremin, a theremin soundalike instrument that is best known for its use on the Beach Boys 1966 songs "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times," "Good Vibrations," and "Wild Honey".