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“Les Paul House Controversy: Who Owns Rock History?”
“And although the lack of communication between the family and the foundation has sowed its fair share of discord, the situation is a bit thornier than that.”
“Still, she points out that “everything is emotional when it comes to legacy planning,” and “it doesn’t make a foundation look great” that the property was allowed to decay before the sale.”
““It was devastating,” Gene says of the Facebook photos he saw.”
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“The younger Paul’s relationship with Braunstein, however, was cold — ever since Les Paul died in 2009 of severe pneumonia complications amid what Gene characterizes as communication issues between Braunstein and the family.”
“The New Jersey home where electric-guitar pioneer Les Paul lived and worked was torn down.”
““I thought it was normal for a father to have a studio, make his own guitar , develop the multitrack tape machine, go on the road and perform, and make records,” he says.”
“After Les’ death, his girlfriend stayed in the house, per his request.”
“After the basement flooded circa 2002, Wysocki says, the house was doomed.”
“Instead, she asked, “Did you see the picture of the house?”
“It was cultural vandalism.” The Mahwah house in better days.”
“Even as a former cop, he was shocked by the state of the place.”
“At one point, there was an offer to buy the property from a wealthy benefactor who wanted to preserve the space, like jazz icon Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in nearby Englewood Cliffs, or the previously derelict home of John and Alice Coltrane in New York, but it was reportedly declined.”
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