Les Paul, the guitar virtuoso who pioneered the design of the solid-body electric guitar and was an innovator of recording techniques embraced by the rock ‘n’ roll generation, died Thursday of ...

Les Paul, 94, a Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar who helped bring his instrument to the forefront of jazz and rock-and-roll performance, died Aug. 13 ...

MILWAUKEE — Family members, longtime friends and music fans of all ages lined up Friday at a public visitation for Les Paul, a renowned inventor whose creation of the first solid-body electric guitar ...

A. Well, it's complicated. In the early 1940s, Les Paul built a primitive instrument called "The Log" with electric pickups attached to a solid pinewood block. The Fender and the Gibson companies ...

Clarence Leo Fender, a rock 'n' rock roll legend who didn't particularly like the music, is dead. He was 81. He invented the Stratocaster, the guitar of choice for Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric ...