Les Paul

Artist Bio:

Immensely influential, Grammy-winning jazz and country-pop guitarist, singer and songwriter, inventor and luthier; recorded solo and in duets with wife Mary Ford, releasing over 60 singles on the Pop and Country charts, including “Mockin’ Bird Hill” (#2, Country #7, 1951) and “Hummingbird” (#7, 1955); creator of the eponymous solid-body electric guitar (later marketed by Gibson Guitars) and developer of various playing and recording techniques, including “close miking,” overdubbing, echo delay and multitrack recording; divorced Mary in 1964 and semi-retired, but found time to record and produce several albums from his hone studio and win two Grammys for his last, Les Paul & Friends (2006) at age 90; played every Monday night in a New York club from 1996 until his death; one of a handful of artists with a permanent exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; died from severe pneumonia on 8/12/2009, age 94.

Artist Website:
https://www.les-paul.com/

Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul

Obituary Link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/arts/music/14paul.html