R.I.P. Les Paul

The Wizard of Waukesha, Les Paul, is dead at 94.

Without this man, rock & roll as we know it probably wouldn’t exist. It’s tempting to say that about a lot of music legends, but the man who pioneered both the solid-body guitar and multi-track recording has a pretty convincing claim to the title.

Here he is with his wife, Mary Ford, on their 1953 TV show, singing “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise.”

Bon voyage, you sorcerer, you.