Thursday, June 6, 2013

Les Paul exhibit to open in Wisconsin hometown

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 1987 file photo, guitar designer Les Paul, center, signs former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page's chest after signing his guitar at a 72nd birthday party thrown for Paul by Gibson guitar company at New York's Hard Rock Cafe. Guitarist Jeff Beck, left, joined Paul and Page for the party, which drew a variety of rock music personalities. Les Paul was a renown musician also known for his innovations on the solid body electric guitar and multitrack recording. The man who helped pave the way for rock 'n' roll is finally getting a permanent exhibit on June 9, 2013 at the Waukesha County Museum in his Wisconsin hometown. (AP Photo/John Bellissimo, file) WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock 'n' roll is now getting a permanent exhibit in his Wisconsin hometown, after more than a decade in the making.








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