Les Paul
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Year:
1988
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Inducted by:
Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
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Category:
Early Influences
Introduction
You can’t talk guitars without Les Paul.
More accurately, you can’t talk about even recording music without Les Paul. The lifelong innovator created echo delay, overdubbing, multitracking and more. You can't overstate Les Paul's genius.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Les Paul & his Trio perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at the 2008 Music Masters honoring Les Paul-
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"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"00:04:22
Hall of Fame Essay
1988
Les Paul is an influential jazz guitarist and best-selling pop hitmaker, Les Paul holds a special place in the pantheon of American musical greats.
As a prolific inventor responsible for the development of multitrack recording and the solid-body electric guitar, he is part of a homespun tradition of scientific wizards that includes Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison.
have a lot of fun with my toys.
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