Les Paul dies at age 94!

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  1. #1
    Les Paul dies at age 94!
    All musicians will miss him!

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...QPmtzAD9A2844O0


    Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94

    By LUKE SHERIDAN (AP) – 18 minutes ago

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Les Paul, who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.

    As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording.
  2. #2
    And as is tradition upon the death of a musician, I'll be looking for "Les Paul and Friends" and "Lester & Chester" in the usual distribution channels 😀

  3. #3
    A sad day indeed. The guy was truly a pioneer of Rock and Roll.
  4. #4
    I could only hope I have 1/1000th the impact and life that Les Paul had.

    I'm currently at 1/1000th of 1/1000th of 1/1000th..... :-)

    I had an old roomate that had a Les Paul. It was worth several grand. He would sleep with the darn thing, yet it was still stolen.
  5. #5
    Atomm wrote:I could only hope I have 1/1000th the impact and life that Les Paul had.

    I'm currently at 1/1000th of 1/1000th of 1/1000th..... :-)

    I hear ya. . .

    Atomm wrote:I had an old roomate that had a Les Paul. It was worth several grand. He would sleep with the darn thing, yet it was still stolen.

    People suck.