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Guitar Genius teacher’s guide

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For more information about Les Paul, check out these primary and secondary resources used in researching Guitar Hero.

Works Cited:

• Arntz, James. Les Paul: Chasing Sound. Icon Television Music, 2007.
• Baker, Sue. Kim Tomsic interviews Sue Baker (phone calls and emails) December 4, 2015-December 9, 2017.
• Cooke, Alistair, and Robert Saudek. “Omnibus.” Omnibus , CBS, 1953.
• Flatow, Ira. “Science Friday Les Paul: Inventor and Innovator.” Science Friday, NPR, 27 Sept. 2013.
• Gugliotta, Guy. “’The Log’ Puts Paul in Ranks of Top Inventors.” The Washington Post, 16 May 2005, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2005/05/15/AR2 005051500649.html.
• “Home – Les Paul Foundation.” LesPaul.com, Les Paul Foundation, www.lespaulfoundation.org/.
• “Inductee Detail.” National Inventors Hall of Fame, National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2005, m.invent.org/honor/inductees/i nductee-detail/?IID=225.
• “The Inventions – Les Paul.” LesPaul.com, Les Paul Foundation, www.les-paul.com/timeline/les- the-inventor/. Each night when young Lester headed up the stairs to bed, he would play his, “wooden xylophone”, which is how he described the vertical planks along the stairs. Lester explained, “[There] was a problem. The xylophone was out of tune, so I had to tune it. I cut the bottom of the plank that was out of tune.” Les shared that his mother thought he was a genius for being able to “tune” the staircase.
• Lawrence, Robb. The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy: 1915-1963. 
• Leonard, Hal. 2008. “Les Paul.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 2 September 2088, www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmaste rs/les-paul-career-timeline/101.
• Paul,Les and Michael Cochran. Les Paul: in His Own Words. Gemstone Publishing, 2008.
• “Les Paul.” Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Archives,  www.rockhall.com/inductees/ les-paul.
• Orentreich, Catherine and Susan Brockman, directors. The Wizard of Waukesha : the Film about Les Paul. Stray Cat Productions/USA Nightflight, 1980.
• Uebelherr , Jan, and Jackie Loohauis-Bennett. “Exit, Wizard of Waukesha” 13 August, 2009 Journal Sentinel (USA Today Network), http://archive.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/53141582.html/ 
• Walker, Don. “Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies at 94.” PopMatters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2009, www.popmatters.com/article/109 835-guitar-legend-les-paul-die s-at-94/.