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Thursday, August 13, 2009

gee, thanks mr.

les paul, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar and guitar virtuoso until the age of 94, passed away today.



*thanks to brow beat for finding this spiffy video

2 comments:

Bonita said...

I heard on NPR that his first fully functional model was made with a 4x4 base with some guitar strings attached!

Nana Staple said...

He made many poplar recordings with his wife Mary Ford when I was growing up. Of course, at the time we didn't realize the significance of electric guitar and rock and roll