Les Paul Conquers Milwaukee, from Bookstore to Museum

Tommy Haack and Doug Lady of Hal Leonard Publishing posed with Robb Lawrence, the author of The Early Years of The Les Paul Legacy , and the guitar legend himself during a recent signing at Milwaukee’s Harry Schwartz Book Shop, scheduled to coincide with the opening of a “House of Sound” tribute to Paul at the Discovery World museum. And that wasn’t the only tribute the city accorded the 93-year-old master: I’m told the Brewers let him throw out the first pitch at their game last Friday night, and a downtown bank tower was lit up in the shape of a ’59 Sunburst guitar.

As one might expect from the title, The Early Years… is the first of two volumes; the sequel is scheduled for release early next year.

(photo: Erol Reyal)

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