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Les Paul's Genius Will Be Missed

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM CDT

(Newser) – Les Paul's death today at age 94 has the accolades pouring in:

  • Lou Carlozo, True/Slant: "The solid-body Les Paul guitar that Lester developed with Gibson in the early 1950s is rock and roll. Like the Fender Stratocaster, its shape is so synonymous with the
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