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By: Dave Tianen - jsonline.com

It was perhaps a paltry miracle for a wizard of his stature, but on Saturday night, Les Paul moved the island of Manhattan 740 miles west. Les Paul responds to a loud greeting from the audience prior to playing a benefit concert Saturday at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Les Paul looks over one of his original guitars Saturday at the new "Les Paul's House of Sound" exhibit at Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin. The exhibit showcases guitars and innovations from Paul's personal collection, some of which have not been seen by the public in more than 40 years. As every serious jazzer and guitar maven can tell you, every Monday night, the Wizard of Waukesha holds court at a Manhattan club called the Iridium. But Paul was back in town over the weekend for the opening of Discovery World's new Les Paul's House of Sound exhibit and a benefit concert at the Pabst Theater on behalf of the project. For the occasion, the Pabst was transformed into a working facsimile of the Iridium, with fans seated at tables up on stage and circulating waitresses serving drinks. And the performance itself was very much in the mode of the Iridium gigs. Those shows invariably turn into high-end talent shows, with friends and talented guests joining Les and his trio on stage for what turns into a kind of freewheeling variety show. In his introduction to tap dancer Andrew Nemr, Paul - as he often does Read More...