RIP Les Paul

[chris_in_pdx]

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/guitar_legend_les_paul_dies_at.html

A true musical legend. If it werent for him, music would be FAR different today.

 

[maxiep]

I'm seriously bummed. Les Paul was not only an innovator, but a remarkable guitarist in his own right. When I get home tonight, I'm going to spend a little time with my long-neglected LP Standard.

 

[ABM]

R.I.P. Les Paul

An icon, to say the least.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mu/us_obit_les_paul

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Les Paul, who invented 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...................

 

[ABM]

Re: R.I.P. Les Paul

Sorry, missed the earlier thread.

Mods, please delete deleted

Thanks.

 

[DaRizzle]

RIP....up there with the Beatles in terms of a game changer in music. Sad day