Les Paul

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Early Influence

Inducted: 1988

Inducted by: Jeff Beck


Songwriters Hall of Fame: 2005 (Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award)

Inducted into Rock Hall Revisited in 1988 (ranked #6 in the Influences - Pre-Rock Era category) .

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Hawaiian Paradise (1949)
The Hit Makers! (1953)
Les And Mary (1955)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
How High The Moon (1951)
Vaya Con Dios (1953)
Bye Bye Blues (1953)
Hummingbird (1955)

Les Paul @ Wikipedia



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Jimmy Page had this to say about Les Paul: "He is the man who started everything. He is a genius."

His name is synonymous with the electric guitar, yet people tend to overlook his impact upon the jazz world. Before Les diverted his attenion to recording muti-layered songs for the pop market, he made his name as a jazz guitarist, but as a guitar player and a recording artist, he would spend all his life being an innovator. You could say that rock and roll would not have existed without his invention.

Paul devloped his own hard swinging style of rapid runs, fluttered single notes and a chunking rhythm support by throwing in country licks and comedic crowd pleasing effects.

While the critics hated his style, Les didn't care becuase he wanted to show his audiences a fun time.

By the time of his pasting in 2009, Les Paul had given his name to an electric guitar and had influenced many of rock's greatest guitarists from Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page to Eddie Van Halen.

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 02/27/2013 @ 13:02pm


Gibson declared bankruptcy yesterday.

No joke, unfortunately.

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 05/2/2018 @ 23:49pm


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