WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — 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.
Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at 94
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Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at 94
Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at 94
In this Feb. 26, 2007, file photo, guitar legend Les Paul performs at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Paul, 94, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, in White Plains, N.Y.
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:40 am | Updated: 2:16 am, Sat Oct 8, 2011.
Posted in News, Get out, Nation world on Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:40 am. Updated: 2:16 am.
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