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One Legend to Another: Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul

"I was 6 years old when I first heard him on the radio, and I was stunned, fascinated by the sound, that strange slap-echo." Guitar legend Jeff Beck recently recalled when he first fell under the spell of another legendary player, Les Paul. "My mum said, 'I've heard of this chap.' She knew I was mesmerized by the sound...

Notable Deaths of 2009

This year saw the deaths of artists and athletes, politicians and pioneers, the seemingly ordinary and the obviously extraordinary. The deaths were sometimes expected, like the loss of the world's oldest woman. But often, they were so sudden and stunning, like the death of superstar Michael Jackson, they seemed to take our...

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05/30/12 Is a Drinking Establishment's Music Really That... Source: Dallas Observer - Dallas TX Few things are more depressing than hopping from one suburban bar to the next, alone on a weeknight.
05/30/12 Les Paul auction in Beverly Hills to feature hundreds... Source: ABC - KABC 7 - Los Angeles CA Les Paul probably deserves as much credit as anyone for the birth of rock 'n' roll, not for the music he made, but for the guitars he invented.
05/29/12 Elvis' original crypt and Les Paul signed guitars up... Source: Music-News.com Julien's Auctions has two big sales coming up in June, one focusing on the guitar and technology wizard Les Paul and the other on a variety of memorabilia including Elvis Presley's original crypt.
05/17/12 Waukesha's big guitars get special coats Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI With the official kickoff of Waukesha's GuitarTown project two weeks off, 10 big guitar sculptures all decked out in artists' finery were getting a protective coating at Marshall Auto Body Collision Repair this week so they could withstand Wisconsin weather.
04/13/12 Iridium Rising: After Losing Patron Saint, A Jazz Club... Source: Forbes It's a typical Monday night at New York 's Iridium jazz club, and without a visual of the stage, one might assume a Simon & Garfunkel reunion is taking place.