
Achievement followed Les, especially in the 70's and 80's In 1978, Les Paul and Mary Ford were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In the late 1980s, Paul returned to performing live, receiving a Grammy Trustees Award for his lifetime achievements. In 1988, Paul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jeff Beck. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2005 for his development of the solid-body electric guitar and inducted into the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In 2006, at the age of 90, he won two Grammys for his album Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played. New Yorkers could see him every Monday night, accompanied by a trio which included guitarist Lou Pallo, bassist Nicki Parrott and pianist John Colianni, at the Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway. Paul was the godfather of rock guitarist Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, to whom Paul gave his first guitar lesson.
On August 13, 2009, at 94 Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia in White Plains, New York. He will be sorely missed, but his music and his contribution, to an art form he loved, will always be remembered and that is a F.A.C.T.
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