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"It’s safe to say that rock and roll as we know it would not exist without his invention," says the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That invention? The solid-body electric guitar. Nice obit at the Washington Post mentions how Paul hooked up with Bing Crosby here in L.A.
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