Les paul, the innovative electric guitar

Les Paul (stage name of Lester William Polfus, Waukesha, June 9, 1915 - White Plains, Aug. 12, 2009 [1]) was a virtuoso guitarist and a pioneer in developing techniques and electric musical instruments. Career Became interested in music at eight years old when he started playing harmonica. He soon learned banjo and later guitar. At 13 years old was already a country music guitarist and has played professionally. After participating in some bands, Paul released his first two albums in 1936: one under the name Rhubarb Red, and another as a musician in the band from Georgia White. Gradually Les Paul acquired fame and surprised the world by his fantastic talent with the instrument and its virtuosity and speed Multichannel recording Les Paul was also the creator of the multichannel recording. In 1948, Capitol Records released a recording that had begun as an experiment in the garage of Paul entitled "Lover (When You're Near Me)" in which Paul played eight different parts on the guitar, some recorded at half speed, so ringing at double speed when played normally for the production of the master recording. The song "Brazil", similarly recorded, was in part B. This was the first time a multi-channel recording was performed. These recordings were not made with tape, but with acetate discs. Paul recorded a track on a disc and then recorded himself playing a second part along with a second hard disk and so on. He built the multichannel recording with overlaid tracks, rather than parallel as he did later. Until you get a result with which he was satisfied, he discarded about 500 acetate discs. Death On August 12, 2009, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York. His family and friends were at his side, Paul left behind four children and his wife Arlene Palmer. Upon learning of his death, many artists and musicians paid tribute to him and publicly expressed his sorrow. Former Guns N 'Roses guitarist Slash, called it "vibrant and full of positive energy." The U2 guitarist, The Edge, said: "His legacy as a musician and inventor will live and their influence on rock and roll will never be forgotten." On August 21, 2009, he was buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha indicating that his tomb would be an area where visitors could easily view. As his funeral in New York on August 19, the funeral was private, but earlier in the day a public display of the closed casket memorial was held at Discovery World in Milwaukee, with 1,500 people who were offered admission free Les Paul House of Sound.