# No More Good Vibrations. Paul Tanner Dead

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 6, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-good-vibrations-paul-tanner-dead/649511 "2013-02-06T19:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-good-vibrations-paul-tanner-dead/649511/1 "2013-02-06T19:34:44Z")

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> **[Paul Tanner: Good Vibrations musician dies aged 95](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21353758)**
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> Paul Tanner, who played the eerie hook on the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations, dies at 95.

Paul Tanner, a trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra who later played the space-age hook on the Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations, has died at 95.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-good-vibrations-paul-tanner-dead/649511/2 "2013-02-06T21:30:09Z")

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> Although many assumed the eerie whistling tones on Good Vibrations were produced by a theremin - the electronic musical instrument played by waving your hands around two antennae - Tanner was actually using an instrument of his own design called the _electro-theremin_ [emphasis added].

Mind. Blown.