I donāt (currently/yet) play electric, but I recently put 2 and 2 together and realized that the reason there is a Les Paul Parkway and guitar statue by the bank in Waukesha is because he was born there And since Iām soon to move back to the West Coast, I figured I should go see those sights while I still live half an hour from Waukesha. Itās a small town, so they are 100% emphasizing the one famous person from there - they have murals and guitar sculptures all around town and an actually really awesome exhibit about him at the county museum, which I visited on a rainy day a couple weeks ago. I followed up by going to see the monument at his resting place this past weekend (forgot to take that detour when it was raining last time).
I thought Iād share some photos here since everyone here is so far-flung (and probably not likely to visit Waukesha).
Very cool pics!!! Thanks for posting!!!
I knew the Les Paul had invented āThe Logā but I didnāt know until reading about him recently that he also invented the harmonica holder & the 8 track recorder! He truly was an innovative musician!!!
This is Les Paul playing āSleepwalkā just a few years before his deathā¦ he had crippling arthritis by this point & (although you canāt really see it in this video) had lost the use of some of his fingersā¦ Amazing!!!
Hello Hilary, and - oh, wow, thatās so cool . I love the guitar sculptures. Great decision to visit this place as long as you live that close .
Thanks a lot for sharing . Now, Iāve learned something new .
Yes, itās amazing the physical limitations he overcame to still play! He also broke an arm in a car wreck earlier in his life and had that fracture stabilized in such a way that he could still play (even if he couldnāt bend or extend the arm anymore). I have a hard enough time doing simpler things with two functional arms!
His coat-hanger harmonica holder was also on display at the museum, along with some of his other guitars.
@Notter Ha, it was a pretty dreary day, but we really do need the rain! Thereās been a bit of a drought in the Midwest this summer. I definitely would have taken more (and better) photos in dry conditions though.
Great pics! I was born and raised in Waukesha, but none of that stuff was there when I was growing up. I wish Iād known it was there, I was recently up there for a visit and would have sought it out.
Wow, what a small world! The museum exhibit was pretty cool - definitely worth the $7 the next time youāre back for a visit! Thereās also another Les/sound-themed exhibit at Discovery World in Milwaukee proper, which I havenāt been to.
When youāre famous you can talk to the historical society about adding your own exhibit
Fantastic murals and sculptures. Funny what you said about āthe one famous personā from there. I live in Folsom, CA and we donāt really have anyone famous, but everybody knows we have a prison and that Johnny Cash played there. Sooooā¦ the town has this whole Johnny Cash multi-use trail for pedestrians, cyclists, etc. that runs near the prison.
Yeah, we had July and August weather in May and June, 90s F and no rain. Now itās July and itās raining all the time here in MIchigan and the farmers canāt cut the crappy hay that grew when there was no rain!
Send us some rain! We got a little bit on Saturday in pockets, but not much. This week itās 80s-90s and dry, some wildfire smoke from Canada as well (hoping that doesnāt get too bad - I donāt have AC, so if the AQI gets so bad that I canāt open the windows at night, itās going to get unbearably hot inside the house).
Those are amazing pictures you shared. I was born in Milwaukee but havenāt been there in more than 20 years so never saw that exhibit. I moved away to the west at a few days older than 16 and never looked back.
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And since Iām soon to move back to the West Coast, I figured I should go see those sights while I still live half an hour from Waukesha. Itās a small town, so they are 100% emphasizing the one famous person from there - they have murals and guitar sculptures all around town and an actually really awesome exhibit about him at the county museum, which I visited on a rainy day a couple weeks ago. I followed up by going to see the monument at his resting place this past weekend (forgot to take that detour when it was raining last time).
. I love the guitar sculptures. Great decision to visit this place as long as you live that close 
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. Now, Iāve learned something new 
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