Aug 13 2009RIP: Les Paul Has Left The Recording Studio
Les Paul, famed musician and inventor, has passed away.
Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
With Mary Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records for hits including "Vaya Con Dios" and "How High the Moon," which both hit No. 1. Many of their songs used overdubbing techniques that Paul had helped develop.As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording.
Wow, talk about changing the face of music. Good lookin', Les. Here's to joining that great jam session in the sky.
R.I.P.
Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94 [yahoonews]
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Reader Comments
1. BathCaptain - August 13, 2009 3:03 PM
you will be missed
2. BathCaptain - August 13, 2009 3:03 PM
oh and 1st!
http://themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/
3. Timbo - August 13, 2009 3:05 PM
R.I.P Les Paul
ןnɐd sǝן d˙ı˙ɹ
4. Ollie Williams - August 13, 2009 3:06 PM
Rock out with your cock out Les. Not literally, that'd be awkward for the funeral.
@2
Stop advertising your fu*king site, bitch.
5. Timbo - August 13, 2009 3:11 PM
Yeah jerk! This is an online Geeologie wake for Mr. Paul
6. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - August 13, 2009 3:17 PM
R.I.P. Les
A true pioneer. Without you, I wouldn't be the musician I am today. Thank you for everything. I'll be sure to drag out all of your albums and give them another spin tonight.
7. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 3:27 PM
R.I.P. Les
although... Rest in Peace doesnt seem to be fitting.... ROCK ON \m/
8. mirroredcactus - August 13, 2009 3:29 PM
The death of a god it truly is a sad day for music!!!
9. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 3:31 PM
BTW, who is that dorky looking geezer trying to tune the guitar in the pic?
10. Ollie Williams - August 13, 2009 3:33 PM
@6
I'm going to rock out with my Gibson Les Paul standard red when I get home fo sho.
11. STOMPY - August 13, 2009 3:40 PM
I once had sex with a woman named paula... does that count for paying homage?
12. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - August 13, 2009 3:41 PM
@10
AKA Chuck Berry Red. Good choice. Rock on, Ollie, rock on.
13. Ballsworthy - August 13, 2009 3:43 PM
pnemonia my ass he was crushed to death by one of his heavy-ass guitars
14. STOMPY (just discovered what NSFW means...) - August 13, 2009 3:48 PM
hey guess what, no more tay-tays without NSFW label, I'm learning so much from you guys...
by the way this link is FTW, and by FTW I mean NSFW, and by NSFW I mean it has some ta-ta's, and by ta-ta's I mean a dsiquestingly fat man, an by fat man i mean myself.... FTlose....
NSFW
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/gemini_eyes00/Funny%20Stuff/omfg.jpg
15. oyemeng - August 13, 2009 4:10 PM
@9 that's Paul McCartney you idiot.
16. wes - August 13, 2009 4:11 PM
I had the fortunate chance of meeting him once. Great man, thanks for the music that I listen to.
17. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 4:15 PM
@ 15 ... Are you sure... wasnt Paul the good looking Beetle? dreamy eyes long hair????
18. oyemeng - August 13, 2009 4:19 PM
@17 Do a search on Paul McCartney, and you will see.
19. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 4:24 PM
@ 18 ..... ROFL , i must admit sarcasm is hard to pick up in posts... ROFL
20. oyemeng - August 13, 2009 4:26 PM
@19 it sure is.
21. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 4:28 PM
@ 20 This is a good picture of Paul McCartney:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/gemini_eyes00/Funny%20Stuff/omfg.jpg
22. Ollie Williams - August 13, 2009 4:32 PM
@21
You got me on that link you wily son of a bitch.
23. Coffee Addict - August 13, 2009 4:38 PM
@21Thumbs up!!!!!!
24. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 4:43 PM
@ 22 my bad, guess i missed the NSFW part from post 14.... I thought it was Stompy, but now you claim it's you on that link pic? nice speedos.....
25. Ollie Williams - August 13, 2009 4:51 PM
@24
I wish I had a body like that. Sadly that's not me.
26. Mr. cow - August 13, 2009 5:41 PM
Moo
27. Pat - August 13, 2009 7:10 PM
Truly a god among men.
28. Luman - August 13, 2009 7:21 PM
I knew there was a reason I got so trashed last night. To Les Paul!!!
29. Tom - August 13, 2009 7:45 PM
Wow, surprisingly tame and respectful for you ... Though well deserving of such a legend!
30. HydrantDays - August 13, 2009 9:26 PM
Les Paul didn't actually invented the guitar bearing his name - Ted McCarty did. Les Paul basically came up with the quickly-discarded "trapeeze" tailpiece and the gold and black finishes. Still, the guy was a great musician, and he kept playing right up to the end - no "retirement" here!
31. Jaded Icon - August 14, 2009 7:45 AM
I thought rock stars couldn't die unless they died from drugs, suicide or fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
32. Andyman - August 14, 2009 8:08 AM
@30 Les invented the "solid body electric guitar". Before that electric guitars were hollow bodies. The Gibson Les Paul guitar was just named after him probably as a marketing tool.
33. Wicked Bitch - August 14, 2009 8:56 AM
RIP Les Paul!!! A true, if not the first real popularly recognized-pioneer/entrepreneur, in the music biz. @#10 Ollie Williams- I will also be playing my (refurbished 1954) Gibson Les Paul Custom-( a Black Beauty)- for a few days in honor of his memory!
34. CMK - August 14, 2009 12:55 PM
Didn't he invent a guitar...oh crap I forget the name of it! I think it was used in Guitar Hero.
35. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 14, 2009 1:41 PM
I am so bummed.