Kevin Bronson on August 13th, 2009

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Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor whose innovations included the development of the solid-body electric guitar and the evolution of recording techniques that helped change the face of music, has died. The man born Lester William Polfuss, who has been called the “father of modern music,” was 94. Here is CNN’s obituary. And a story from the L.A. Times on the occasion of Paul’s 90th birthday. Above, the preview clip from John Paulson’s documentary “Les Paul – Chasing Sound!”