Absolute genius. I remember reading an interview with him in the mid nineties about his efforts to develop a music playback system with no moving parts. Innovative until the end.
And for what it’s worth “How High the Moon” still gives me chills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk
Chet Atkins with Les Paul
The two innovators that brought us all of today’s guitar players.
Back in 1950, AFN (American Forces Network) in Heidelberg, Germany started their morning program at 0700 hrs with Les Paul’s ‘The World is waiting for the Sunrise’.