Legendary guitar and recording innovator Les Paul died today due to complications from pneumonia. Though he was well known for being the father of both the Gibson "Les Paul" solidbody electric guitar and multitrack recording, Paul was a fantastic and highly influential jazz player as well. Paul was 94 years old. Here are some links to news articles from around the web:
CNN
New York Times
Los Angeles Times (includes a cool article from 1991)
he will be missed. he's a legend.
Posted by: Matt | August 14, 2009 at 01:22 PM