He Gave the Guitar Its Growl: ; Innovator Les Paul's Pioneering Work Revolutionized Modern Popular Music
Charleston Daily Mail › August 14, 2009
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Les Paul, the Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso and inventor who helped bring his instrument to the forefront of jazz performance, died of pneumonia Thursday at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was 94.
Paul first came to prominence for his fast and flashy jazz- guitar style. In the 1940s and early 1950s, he and singer Mary Ford, his wife, had hits with "How High the Moon," "The Tennessee Waltz," "Vaya con Dios" and "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise."See the full content of this document
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He Gave the Guitar Its Growl: ; Innovator Les Paul's Pioneering Work Revolutionized Modern Popular Music
All along, he refined musical inventions in his workshop. He was an early designer of an electric guitar that had a solid body, and his model managed to reduce sound distortions common to acoustic instruments.
He was actively promoting such guitars for the Gibson company, and the Les Paul line ...See the full content of this document
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