Posts Tagged ‘Waukesha County Museum’
Les Paul: inventor and performer
May 14, 2013 | Author Sue Baker
Changing Rock and Roll
Les Paul, the inventor and guitar-playing sensation, will forever be associated with the solid-body electric guitar that he helped design and bears his name. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Discovery World, eight-track tape recorder, Fred Waring, Gibson Les Paul Guitar, Iridium Jazz Club, Les Paul House of Sound, Les Paul In His Own Words, Les Paulverizer, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sel-Sync, solid body electric guitar, Waukesha County Museum | 1 Comment »
Gibson partners with Waukesha, again
April 22, 2013 | Author Sue Baker
Les Paul’s hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin has received the designation of GuitarTown for a second year in a row, an unprecedented recognition from the Gibson Guitar Company. GuitarTown is an international public art project. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sue Baker Talks About the Wizard of Waukesha
April 16, 2013 | Author admin
Baker delivers personal glimpse of Les Paul
By Brian Huber, Freeman Staff
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION
WAUKESHA – As Les Paul told it to Sue Baker, he remembered sitting in his crib in Waukesha as trains passed, watching the windows rattle, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Foundation News | Tags: Gibson, Les Paul Foundation, Prairie Home Cemetery, Sue Baker, The Wizard of Waukesha, Waukesha County Museum | Comments Closed
Jam with Les Paul and see his hometown
February 25, 2013 | Author Sue Baker
How many times have you said, “I wish I had stopped in at the Iridium when I was in New York,” or “I always meant to see Les Paul at the Iridium”, but you never quite made it? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Foundation News | Tags: Discovery World, Les Paul: Wizard of Waukesha, virtual Les Paul, Waukesha, Waukesha County Museum | Comments Closed
Waukesha celebrates Les Paul at GuitarTown
June 1, 2012 | Author Sue Baker
Friday, May 31st Waukesha, Wisconsin launched its outdoor art project and its celebration of Les Paul’s connection to his hometown. Gibson Guitar Corp. designated Waukesha as its eighth GuitarTown and Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitars, was on hand for the unveiling of the guitars. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Foundation News | Tags: Bob Jacobson, Buffalo Springfield, Club 400, Gibson Guitar, GuitarTown, Henry Juszkiewicz, Les Paul Guitar Wizard, Les Paul trio, Prairie Home Cemetery, Richie Furay, Rusty Paul, Sam Llanas band, Waukesha, Waukesha County Museum | Comments Closed
