The artist Pablo Picasso once said, “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” He might have been writing about Les Paul (see cover feature, page 56) who never stopped working, hardly even to sleep. These days, people tend to think of Les Paul as an inventor who was also a talented musician. But as his son, producer Gene Paul, told us, this is absolutely the wrong way round. He was an inventor because he was driven, as few people are, to unlock the full potential of the guitar as a music-making device. Making better music was a goal he pursued relentlessly – and so when inspiration visited Les (which happened often) it would inevitably find him working. His diligence in making the best music he could, by any…
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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2021