RIP Les Paul

[BruceFlorman]

I suppose that someone else would have eventually invented the electric guitar and multitrack recording, so I can’t claim that music would be totally different today without him. But nevertheless, this man's influence on the very nature of what we hear every day is enormous.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/arts/ ... ml?_r=1&em
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8200385.stm

[Walt Murphy]

Up until recently, he was playing two shows every Monday night at the Iridium jazz club in NYC. So glad I went to see him a few years ago.

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