Comments on: LES PAUL: Still Changing Songs

By: Les Paul, Guitar Pioneer, dies at 94 | American Songwriter

Les Paul, Guitar Pioneer, dies at 94 | American Songwriter — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:19:10 +0000

[...] still performing his weekly gig at the Iridium Jazz Club, in midtown Manhattan. American Songwriter spoke with Paul in January [...]

By: Music History: Les Paul’s Electric Guitar « Brian Schmidt

Music History: Les Paul’s Electric Guitar « Brian Schmidt — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:25:13 +0000

[...] I was appearing in person playing outdoors at a place called Goerke’s Corner. That was halfway between Waukesha and Milwaukee, and it was interesting because the people would drive in to get their barbecue sandwiches and their root beer, or whatever. I would play and sing for them, and one fellow sitting in a rumble seat of a car wrote a note to me and gave it to the car hop. She brought it to me and it says, “What you got going up there…I can hear your voice and your harmonica fine and I enjoy it, but the guitar is not loud enough.” That made me go home and think about it, and in my own simple way, I said, “Well, now, let me investigate the guitar.” I first tried filling it up with rags, and I ended up with Plaster of Paris in it. (link) [...]

By: Musician/inventors who scratched their own itch « Internet Turnkey Websites

Musician/inventors who scratched their own itch « Internet Turnkey Websites — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:21:20 +0000

[...] Les Paul invented the solid body guitar because his audience at a BBQ joint couldn’t hear him play. [...]

By: Vitlaiy

Vitlaiy — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:58:42 +0000

Nice, Very Interesting indeed

By: el

el — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:53:05 +0000

great interview with Les the living Legend..;-)