NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The late U.S. musician Les Paul said in a Rolling Stone interview prior to his death that his dedication to performing live was a form of personal "therapy."

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Virtuoso guitarist Les Paul, whose recording studio innovations altered the sound of 20th century music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y. He was 94.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A wealth of notable guitar players will gather in Cleveland this weekend to pay tribute to pioneering player and inventor Les Paul.

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y., May 2 (UPI) -- A Suffolk County, N.Y., judge said an arraignment was held in the courthouse parking lot due to the overweight defendant's inability to enter the building.

LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles City Council is being asked to withdraw preliminary approval for construction of a high rise next to the landmark Capitol Records building.

WAUKESHA, Wis., May 10 (UPI) -- Les Paul, the man instrumental in the development of the electric guitar, returned to his hometown of Waukesha, Wis., after a nearly two-decade absence.

NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) -- Guitars owned by U2's The Edge, John Lennon's sunglasses and ex-President Clinton's sax were among items sold in New York to raise $2.5 million for charity.

LOS ANGELES, March 27 (UPI) -- U2 guitarist the Edge donated a guitar to a rock auction for Music Rising, his campaign to replace instruments Gulf Coast musicians lost to Hurricane Katrina. The Edge's 1975 Cream Gibson Les Paul guitar will be auctioned April 21 along with one of Jimi H