Raising Two Americans

Les Paul, born July 9, 1915, turns 93 today.

Without him, music may have taken a different path. Leo Fender would have still gone on to develop the solid-body guitar, and, eventually, someone else would have developed and perfected multi-track recording.

But who knows how long it would have taken. And who knows how much music the world would have missed. Anybody who’s enjoyed a popular recording made in the past 50 years likely owes a debt to Paul’s genius.

Happy birthday Les.

Here’s a bit of his genius from back in the day with then-wife Mary Ford:

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