Monday, May 18, 2015

Famous Birthday Centennials Celebrated This Year-- Part 1: Les Paul

From the April 19, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Happy birthday, Orson Welles: Celebrations to mark famous centennials" by Mary Bergin.

I wrote about Orson Welles on Saturday and today in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.

OTHER CELEBRITY OBSERVANCES

Guitar wizard LES PAUL, born June 9, 1915, will be celebrated in his hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin.  He created and refined the solid-body electric guitar and is buried in Waukesha at the Prairie Home Cemetery after his death in 2009.

Gibson Guitar Corporation named Waukesha as the  world's eighth guitar town in 2012 and it is on the way to repeat the distinction for there consecutive years.  As a result , you will see 10-foot-tall fiberglass guitars around town and live music performances are always around, especially for Friday Night Live, June to October.

There is is an exhibit at the Waukesha County Museum devoted to Lester William Polsfuss, his birth name, who lived there until the age 17.  In it, on loan, is one of his "Logs," his early solid-body electric guitars.

Play That Air Guitar, Boy.  --Cooter

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