The guitar legend, who literally carved an indelible mark on the history of the electric guitar and multi-track recording, has died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains hospital in New York (via AP). He had a storied career as an artist and innovator, and continued performing in more recent years every Monday night at NYC’s Iridium jazz club, a residency which a good many of us are kicking ourselves for never having attended. He was 94.
R.I.P. Les Paul A Musical Legend
Les Paul was a Grammy Award-winning guitarist and inventor whose innovations helped shape the sound of rock and roll. Paul, shown above in a 1935 photo, pioneered the shift from the acoustic to electric guitar and later developed multitrack recording, which allowed groups to record different parts of their compositions at different times.
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