Les Paul Has Died

[NashVegas]

Link -

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBD78k8tewQ7FPeiKtJbK8QPmtzAD9A23LL00

[BurtWorm]

1. I guess it had to happen sometime.

:cry:

Adieu, Les.

[Solly Mack]

2. :(

[kentuck]

3. A legend and icon

of our generation.

[eShirl]

4. RIP Les Paul... inventor of the electric guitar, multitrack recording

What would the music of our lifetimes have sounded like without him?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32403755/ns/entertainment-music/


BREAKING NEWS
updated 4 minutes ago

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.

[Zomby Woof]

5. RIP to the Maestro

One of thefinest craftsmen and musicians of the 20th century. His guitars are immortal, and will keep his memory alive.

[flakey_foont]

6. R.I.P. Les

many thanks for all of your contributions

[johnnie]

7. RIP Les

Your legacy will live on forever in every guitar player.

[redqueen]

8. Aw, no...

:(

[slampoet]

9. The World's greatest inventor.

I knew i should have seen him perform last year.


Shit.

[NashVegas]

13. Amazing, No?

It's funny how people who make a life out of doing what they love can keep going, and going ...

[RoccoR5955]

10. RIP Les...

A true pioneer in music. You will be sorely missed.

[underseasurveyor]

11. Thank You Les

Rock n Roll with the angels. Harps and guitars:headbang:

RIP

[Ikonoklast]

12. Les hasn't really died.

He's just moving on to the next gig.


Safe journey, Les.

[NashVegas]

15. Nice

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[asdjrocky]

14. And anyone who's ever even touched a guitar should thank him.

[progressoid]

16. Three years ago tomorrow. At the age of 91:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnnt9-EgUxQ

[Kadie]

17. more info and photo...

Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94

By LUKE SHERIDAN, Associated Press Writer Luke Sheridan, Associated Press Writer – 34 mins ago

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – 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.

He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for an album he released after his 90th birthday, "Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played."

"I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole on it," he joked.

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.

With Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records and 11 No. 1 pop hits, including "Vaya Con Dios," "How High the Moon," "Nola" and "Lover." Many of their songs used overdubbing techniques that Paul the inventor had helped develop.

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_les_paul;_ylt=Al86Zcxnun7x6nRVubbc81LBaMYA



FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2004 file photo, guitar legend Les Paul gets ready to rehearse at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Paul, 94, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, died, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 in White Plains, N.Y., according to Gibson Guitar.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

[Octafish]

18. Godspeed, Mr. Paul.

Your art, inventions and works have made this a much more beautiful world.

[angstlessk]

19. wikipedia already has his date and cause of death...

[Blue_In_AK]

20. I have very early memories of Les Paul and Mary Ford.

RIP, Les, and thanks for bringing the electric guitar into the world. What a great invention.