The world has lost another   legend in 2009.  Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul, has died today at the age of 94.  He is best know as being the “Father of the Electric Guitar,” but his contributions to music are unable to be overstated.  In 1936, he built one of the first solid-body electric guitars, “The Log.” (“It’s log, log, it’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.“)  He later lent his name to what is now one of the most popular guitars in the world, the Gibson Les Paul.  (Shout out to John Skilling, who owns a beautiful custom shop model.) He also pioneered the art of multi-track recording (for the uninitiated in SwaggerTooth Nation, this is the process of recording different instruments and parts at different times). This invention may be his most enduring legacy. Virtually all music heard today implements this process of multi-track recording.  Being a guitar-guy myself, I can’t over-emphasize how important this man is to the world of guitar and the world of music is general.

Oh yeah, and the guy SHREDS.  Check out this guitar solo in “World is Waiting for Sunrise” presented by Listerine.

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