Les Paul will miss tribute, Grammys
A bout with pneumonia has forced guitar hero Les Paul to miss his all-star 90th birthday celebration concert tonight at the Gibson Amphitheatre, but the show will go on as a salute to the guitar and recording innovator.
Paul is expected to be released in the next few days from Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., his son, Russ, said Monday. Les Paul was hospitalized Friday after X-rays revealed fluid in his lungs.
“I’m really upset,” Paul, who is up for two Grammy Awards this year, said Monday from the hospital. “I wanted to go to the tribute and I wanted to go to the Grammys, but now they mean more to me than ever....
“I’ve got all my guys here now, talking about what a bummer it’ll be for me to not be there in L.A.”
The amphitheater tribute lineup includes Alison Krauss, Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani, Slash, Neal Schon, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
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