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June 8, 2005

Les Paul Turns Ninety

The electric-guitar pioneer celebrates his birthday with an all-star album and Carnegie Hall concert
March 21, 2000

This Day in Rock

Leo Fender
June 9, 1999

This Day in Rock

Les Paul
February 18, 1999

Steve Miller

"Les Paul is phenomenal. He invented a lot of the tools that we take for granted now."

Recordings and Reviews

The World Is Waiting For Sunrise

Most young guitarists would probably point to the Gibson guitar which bears his name as Les Paul's principal claim to fame, not realizing that contemporary studio technology, white "blooze" and rockabilly are all more or less attributable to the series of recordings Les made in the early Fifties...

RS: Not Rated

The Legend And The Legacy

1991

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Slash, Billy Gibbons, Richie Sambora Honor Les Paul

Biography

Though he had a long and successful pop-jazz career, both with and without singer Mary Ford (born Colleen Summer, July 7, 1928, Pasadena, California; died September 30, 1977), guitarist Les Paul is of paramount importance to rock & roll as the creator of the solid-body electric guitar and as a pioneer in modern recording techniques such as electronic echo and studio multitracking.

Having...

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