Les Paul: The rock'n'roll pioneer who didn't play rock

The guitar Les Paul put his name to made rock'n'roll possible. Ironic, as he intended it to be a jazz instrumentThere are so many ways Les Paul's epitaph could be written – he could be remembered as the pioneer of multitrack recording, the godfather of the electric guitar, and the figurehead behind rock'n'roll's development, from John Lee Hooker to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones to the Sex Pistols and Guns N' Roses.But the irony is that Paul only acquiesced to playing rock when he'd reac...

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