LES PAUL - "VAYA CON DIOS," LES PAUL -- DEAD AT 94

"VAYA CON DIOS," LES PAUL -- DEAD AT 94

Legendary guitarist/inventor/performer Les Paul died Thursday of pneumonia at age 94 in White Plains, NY. He is credited with designing the first electric guitar and the first multi-track recording system. He employed a primitive multi-track layering on his first hit records with his then-wife, Mary Ford and amassed 36 gold records between 1949 and 1963. He designed his Mahwah, NJ home so that it could also serve as a television studio, and he broadcast The Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home show from there from 1953-1960. In its obituary, the Associated Press observed that Paul "revolutionized music and created rock 'n' roll as surely as Elvis Presley and the Beatles."

14/08/2009