> First John Hughes and now Les Paul!
> I remember the first Les Paul recording I ever heard. It was a multilple recording of "How High the Moon." Vocal by Mary Ford. My first thought was, What else has this guy recorded and where can I get the record? Les Paul was unique. Many copied him, but he was the master. At least we still have his music.
> Howard

He was also instrumental in the development of the electric guitar and the multi-track recorder (and associated techniques such as overdubbing). Without him, modern music would not be the same. A sad loss indeed, though at 94 he avoided the recent trend of relatively young celebrity deaths...