Les Paul, 90, to do local benefit show

Guitar innovator Les Paul, possibly this year’s only living Grammy nominee who had hit records before there were any Grammy Awards, will give a Grammy-week concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre with a slew of his admirers and musical disciples.

Buddy Guy, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Edgar Winter, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon and others will take part in the “Les Paul & Friends: 90th Birthday Salute” on Feb. 7, for which proceeds will benefit A Place Called Hope, a South L.A. organization working with at-risk youth.

There may be no more appropriate person to headline the facility than Paul, whose name is emblazoned on millions of the most famous electric guitars produced by the amphitheater’s new namesake, Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corp.

Paul is nominated for Grammys this year in both the rock and pop instrumental performance categories. His only Grammy win came 30 years ago for the album “Chester & Lester,” his collaboration with fellow guitar great Chet Atkins.