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Offline bijou

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Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« on: August 13, 2009, 11:25:03 AM »


Acclaimed guitar player Les Paul died on Wednesday from complications of severe pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in New York. He was 94.

Born Lester William Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin on June 9, 1915, Paul was already performing publicly as a honky-tonk guitarist by the age of 13. He dropped out of high school at 17 to play in Sunny Joe Wolverton's Radio Band in St. Louis. His first recordings were done in 1936, and in 1938, he moved to New York to begin his tenure on national radio with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.  ...

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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 12:47:44 PM »
Rest in peace and Godspeed.  He was argueably one of the most influential men in our century's culture.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 12:52:59 PM »
One of the greats.

RIP, Les.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 01:07:07 PM »
Almost makes me wish that TiT hadn't gotten his sorry ass tombstoned.  It might be entertaining to read him spinning the yarn about how he played around with Les Paul one night when the pot smoke was thick and the cheap booze was flowing freely...

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RIP Les.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2009, 03:34:14 PM »
I know that there's a few guitar players here.  Ouch.

RIP, Les.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2009, 06:17:15 PM »
One of the truly great innovators in music. He will be missed.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2009, 06:25:50 PM »
Les Paul, more John ( << an old inside music joke)

RIP, Mr. Paul.  May your bridge be tight.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2009, 09:28:40 PM »
If not for this man alot of Rock and Rollers would have had to stick with old fashioned accustic guitars. Alot of people owe him a huge dept. Thanks to him we have alot of great music.RIP.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2009, 05:43:09 AM »
Used to watch him and Mary on Ed Sullivan and the Milton Burl show with my grandparents.

For some reason I was surprised to hear he was STILL alive,

Les and Link Ray are the only people from my childhood ---Jimmy Hendrik don't count that I really enjoyed, Oh yes, CHARO could play a mean guitar even with 6 inch finger nails.
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
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Re: Guitartist Les Paul Dies at 94
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2009, 06:04:18 PM »
rest in peace gm
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