Lester William Paulfuss passed away on August 13, 2009.  He was 94 years old.

Not only was Les Paul a masterful guitarist and musician, he was a pioneer  of the electric guitar and inventor of electronic equipment used by musicians all over the world. 

Les Paul's musical and innovative contributions have enabled so many talented musicians after him. 

Click on the covers above to link to catalog entries for those items or link to items from the "In Our Collection" list below. Click here to access a listing of RCPL's Les Paul holdings. 

I recently enjoyed listening online to the session Les Paul did with Marian McPartland on NPR's Piano Jazz.  Link to hear the live session below. In addition to some wonderful, relaxed jazz duos with Ms. McPartland, Paul shares some great tidbits about his musical past, including how the tail piece of the first electric guitar he designed was made of a barn door hinge!