Friday Flashback: Les Paul

August 14th, 2009

Today, we remember another legend. Les Paul died yesterday at the age of 94.

Though Robert is more of a Telecaster guy, no one can deny that no one - with the exception of Leo Fender - had more influence on modern guitar than Les Paul. Les Paul also invented multi-track recording, without which modern studio recording simply wouldn’t exist.

And, unlike Leo Fender (who, incidentally, would have celebrated his 100th birthday last Monday), Les Paul actually played guitar. For those who only know Les Paul as a type of guitar, observe: