Former Guns n’ Roses guitarist, Slash – currently a member of Velvet Revolver – signed up to play at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s tribute concert for guitar legend, Les Paul. Paul is 93 and is credited as being the “father of the electric guitar.”
Slash said he couldn’t sign up soon enough. “The legion of guitar players I grew up listening to would have been completely different had Les not been around,” Slash said, adding that he previously played with Paul but couldn’t keep up with him. “He just cleaned the stage up with me,” Slash said.
The concert at Cleveland’s State Theater includes guitar virtuosos such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. Paul’s many contributions to music include building the first solid-body electric guitar in 1941. Slash recorded Guns n’ Roses legendary “Appetite for Destruction” on a replica of a 1959 Gibson Les Paul that was made by a private builder.
This is the second time Slash will be involved in a Rock Hall gig; he performed with Velvet Revolver for Van Halen’s induction last year.
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