Buffalo Boy's Blog

Les Paul is 93 today. He was born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9th, 1915. He is a jazz guitarist and invented the first electric guitar.

Where would music be without Les Paul? I shudder to think. He still plays two shows every Monday night at the Iridium Jazz Club. At 93, thats friggin awesome. He ranks as the 46 best guitarist of all time according to Rolling Stone. How could the inventor of the electric guitar be ranked so low? Rock On Les!

 

 

This is a sample of his show at the Iridium. Its a clip from 2006 at 91 years old, still sharp as ever.