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ARC-0126

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Concert Photographs of Les Paul

2009 May 25

0.07 (Linear feet)

Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 - August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar that helped shape the sound of rock and roll music. He was inducteed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

The Concert Photographs of Les Paul consist of two compact discs of images from one of Paul's last live concerts at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City on March 25, 2009, where Paul played nearly every week almost up to the end of his life.

: The Concert Photographs of Les Paul were received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. as a gift from Arnie Goodman on March 27, 2009.

: [Identification of Item], Concert Photographs of Les Paul, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

: Processed by Rachel Somerville, Project Archivist. Completed June 28, 2011. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

: No linguistic content.

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