Les Paul at 91

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Alex Lubet

Keywords

Les Paul, musicians with disabilities, aging

Abstract

Guitar legend Les Paul continues to perform to enthusiastic audiences as a nonagenarian whose age and impairments impact his playing technique.  This essay describes the exemplary sociocultural relations that permit Paul, a person with disabilities largely a function of advanced age, to continue his career as a productive, respected, and affectionately esteemed member of a community. 

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