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Last broadcast on Tue, 1 Sep 2009, 22:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Documentary profiling the legendary Les Paul, creator of the solid-body electric guitar, inventor of overdubbing and multi-track recording, king of the 50s pop charts and rock 'n' roll icon.
Les Paul tells his own classic rags-to-riches story, featuring vintage archive and original performance footage of him and his Trio, original interviews with the likes of BB King, Jeff Beck, Jose Feliciano, Tony Bennett and Bonnie Raitt and copious contributions from the 93-year-old genius from Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Paul is the last of that self-educated, brilliantly innovative generation of musicians and media pioneers who revolutionised popular music in the last century.
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