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this Feb. 26, 2007 file photo, Guitar legend Les Paul smiles at the Iridium Jazz Club in the Manhattan Borough of New York. Les Paul is a rock 'n' roll da Vinci, part artist, part inventor, and at age 93 still performing and experimenting. His achievements will be recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a weeklong tribute starting Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/ Colin Archer)
When Les Paul's grandchildren are jamming on the video "Guitar Hero," it's not lost on him that he made it all possible.
Paul, known as the "Father of the Electric Guitar," will be honored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's annual American Masters series, a weeklong event that starts Monday.
Paul is a rock 'n' roll da Vinci, part artist, part inventor, and at age 93 still performs
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in New York City.
"It's therapy," Paul said Thursday.
Paul recalled that the first time he heard a guitar on his mother's radio he knew he had to have one. By age 13, he was performing semiprofessionally as a country- guitarist.
He built a solid-body electric guitar in 1941 — an invention born from his frustration that audiences were unable to hear him play.