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Tom Morello Pays Tribute To Les Paul on Google Guitar

By Josh Hart published 13 June 2011

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As previously reported, Google marked the 96th birthday of electric guitar innovator Les Paul with an interactive guitar graphic on their homepage.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello just posted this video of himself wishing Les a happy birthday and then playing the "guitar" on Google's homepage.

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