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Five newly discovered, never-before-published interviews with Les Paul, inventor of the solidbody electric guitar and multi-track recording. Imagine if you had run into guitar legend Les Paul and asked him the following questions: "Les Paul, what is your favorite Les Paul?" "If you were talking to someone looking to break into the music business, or just starting to play guitar, what would you say to him or her?" "When Leo Fender was planning to come out with his solidbody electric guitar, did he ask you to join him to produce a 'Fender Les Paul" guitar?" "You've had so many setbacks in your life, yet you keep bouncing back. How do you do it?" Those are the exact questions--among many, many others--that music writer Jim O'Donnell puts to the late Les Paul in the course of five deeply engrossing conversations. The world class musician-inventor doesn't disappoint in his candid, humorous, often surprising responses. See how the mind of a genius works. Don't miss a word of these revealing question-and-answer sessions that bring Les Paul the person to the printed page. There are also four helpful appendices: a Les Paul discography, filmography, webography, and bibliography. As a special bonus, a Les Paul profile by Jim O'Donnell is included--a story that the guitarist enjoyed so much he had it hanging directly behind him onstage for two years. // LES PAUL: GUITARIST, GENIUS, GOOD GUY: Guitar players from Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Page, from Andrés Segovia to B.B. King, have acknowledged the genius of Les Paul, inventor of the solidbody electric guitar and multi-track recording. A virtuoso guitar player in his own right, Les Paul won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. "The history of popular music without Les Paul," writes music journalist and author Jim O'Donnell, "would be as diminished as the history of the Beatles less Paul." The guitarist's many contributions to the world of popular music are well-known. What's not so well-known is the