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Cajuncowboy
08-13-2009, 11:47 AM
Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies at 94

Thursday, August 13, 2009

NEW YORK — Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.

According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.

As an inventor, Paul helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll and 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.
iceberg
08-13-2009, 11:59 AM
Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies at 94

Thursday, August 13, 2009

NEW YORK — Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.

According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.

As an inventor, Paul helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll and 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.

http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/images/talent/les_paul.jpg
xWraithx
08-13-2009, 12:01 PM
if only his guitars weren't 1,000lbs each

R.I.P. Mr. Paul!
BrAinPaiNt
08-13-2009, 12:39 PM
Sad news for guitar nuts like myself.:(
vta
08-13-2009, 12:47 PM
Aww ****.
I had the chance to see him recently and really thought I'd have time. He played every Monday in a jazz club in NY and just like with Stevie Ray Vaughn I dragged my feet and missed a legend perform live.

RIP old man, thanks for giving us your ingenuity and your talent.

http://www.gibson.com/Files/aaFeaturesImages/Les%20Paul%20Goldtop.JPG
Hostile
08-13-2009, 01:16 PM
He was a genius. RIP.
Juke99
08-13-2009, 01:20 PM
I wanna be just like him when I grow up.

Thank you and RIP
Hostile
08-13-2009, 02:09 PM
I wanna be just like him when I grow up.

Thank you and RIPWould you go to the Funeral?
Sam I Am
08-13-2009, 03:31 PM
Would you go to the Funeral?

I hate those things. Of course I hate it even more since I was at my grandfathers yesterday. :(
Doomsday101
08-13-2009, 03:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnnt9-EgUxQ&feature=related
RIP Les
Juke99
08-13-2009, 04:04 PM
Would you go to the Funeral?

Nah. I'm sure it'll be a spectacle and if I did, it would be more to see who showed up....and that's pretty disrespectful.
Juke99
08-13-2009, 04:05 PM
I hate those things. Of course I hate it even more since I was at my grandfathers yesterday. :(

Sorry to read this. It's tough when grandparents go.
CowboyWay
08-13-2009, 04:52 PM
Awww, man !!! That's too bad. Talk about a guy who changed music forever. Great guy too. Lived a great life. He will sorely be missed.
Zaxor
08-13-2009, 05:04 PM
my guitar gently weeps...

What!? Oh shut up George.

Sheesh these voices in my head.

He lived a good long life now we are Paul Les

God I hate myself sometimes.

It is the artist in me folks...

it is 12:02 am here now and I haven't slept in forever...

and any other reasonable excuse goes here >>>>
Biggems
08-13-2009, 06:18 PM
Would you go to the Funeral?

will there be hot chicks looking for mourning sex......

btw, RIP Mr. Paul
Sam I Am
08-13-2009, 07:52 PM
Sorry to read this. It's tough when grandparents go.

Thank you. It hurts even more now from what I've just found in the Fan Zone....