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08-13-2009, 10:32 AM
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Died today of complications from pneumonia. Inventor of the electric guitar and multitrack recording. He was 94. There's no denying his contributions to modern music. RIP. |
08-13-2009, 10:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | | Wow. That's very sad. What a great innovator. He was also an excellent guitarist.
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08-13-2009, 10:53 AM
| | | | Just read that too. A very sad day indeed.... |
08-13-2009, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wisconsin | | | That is sad news. He was a great guitarist among many other things.
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08-13-2009, 10:59 AM
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08-13-2009, 11:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England | | Just bought a Les Paul yesterday.
Sad news - Music Legend God Bless him and may he rest in Peace. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/...obit.les.paul/
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08-13-2009, 11:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: PA | | | He will be missed.
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08-13-2009, 11:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston | | | “[Guitarist] Les Paul once said an instrument can be your therapist and your girlfriend..."
He was a great inventor and guitarist R.I.P. |
08-13-2009, 11:10 AM
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08-13-2009, 11:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Napa, California | | | RIP, his legacy and name will never be forgotten
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08-13-2009, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oakland, NJ | | | My flags at half mast for the man. True pioneer.
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08-13-2009, 11:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | A self taught innovator in the vein of Edison, the Daddy of solid body guitars and recorded music as we know it is gone.
Thankfully he had a long and fruitful life.
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08-13-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana | | | I know he lived a long life, but still...
Thanks for all you did, Les.
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08-13-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | Leo and Les are both gone now. It's the end of an era.
R.I.P. Les Paul
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08-13-2009, 11:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Dammit. I kept telling myself to go hear him play, and I never did. Stupid me. Sorry Les. RIP.
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08-13-2009, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida | | | He was still gigging regularly in NYC until recently.
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08-13-2009, 11:34 AM
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08-13-2009, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 Dammit. I kept telling myself to go hear him play, and I never did. Stupid me. Sorry Les. RIP. | Stupid US, may God bless his soul.
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08-13-2009, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | | Without Les Paul, popular music - especially rock and roll - would be very different.
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08-13-2009, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Columbia, SC | | | I will go home and break out my 81 Les Paul Standard and pay tribute to him.. although, it may not be much of a tribute with me playing. Either way.. a great inventor, guitarist.. Legend.
R.I.P Les.
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