Public To Pay Tribute To LES PAUL In Milwaukee
August 19, 2009, 15 years ago
BBC News is reporting:
Mourners will to pay their respects to guitar pioneer LES PAUL at a public viewing before his hometown burial on Friday, it has been announced.
Friends and family are expected to attend the viewing at a technology museum in Milwaukee, before a private burial service in nearby Waukesha.
Paul, who died last Thursday aged 94, was credited with building one of the first solid-body electric guitars.
A private funeral service is planned to take place in New York on Wednesday.
A reception is also due to be held at the city's Gibson showroom afterwards, according to Paul's manager Michael K. Braunstein.
Gibson was the firm which sold Paul's guitars after they became commercially available in 1952.
Following his death, caused by complications arising from pneumonia, tributes poured in from the world of music.
GUNS N' ROSES star Slash called Paul "an exceptionally brilliant man".
"Les Paul was a shining example of how full one's life can be. He was so vibrant and full of positive energy. I'm honoured and humbled to have known and played with him over the years," he said.
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