Video - Les Paul
Les Paul - "the father of electric guitar"
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Les Paul, known as "the father of the electric guitar", is still playing at the age of 93. He told us that he has had to re-teach himself to play six times as the arthritis in his hands has worsened. But the sound, he claims, is just the same...
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