Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is the latest musician to praise the influence of Les Paul in the wake of the late innovator's death from pneumonia yesterday.  Read more 

U2 guitarist the Edge has paid tribute to late guitar pioneer Les Paul in a message posted on the Irish band's official website. Referring to Paul as “a legend of the guitar and a true renaissance man”, the 48 year-old is a long time Les Paul guitar user.  Read more 

Tributes to late guitar innovator Les Paul have been flooding in from the music world in the hours following the 94 year-old's death yesterday. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash was one of the first to express his sadness at Paul's passing, describing him as a “one of the most stellar human beings I've ever known” on his Twitter page.  Read more 

Les Paul, the pioneering American jazz guitarist and inventor, has died at the age of 94. Paul, real name Lester William Polfuss, died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital, New York earlier today (August 13).  Read more