Tribute Concert Will Celebrate Mahwah Native Les Paul's 111th Birthday

MAHWAH, NJ — Mahwah musician and guitar inventor Les Paul would have celebrated his 111th birthday this week, and the Mahwah Museum's planning another tribute concert to celebrate.

The museum will host “Les Paul 111th Birthday Celebration: The Les Paul and Mary Ford Tribute Show with Tom and Sandy Doyle” on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the museum.

Registration is required for the event, which will include music and cake.

The event is “not a standard tribute set," museum officials said, describing it as “an inside-the-music afternoon with two artists who know the story firsthand.”
Attendees can stay for a 30-minute audience question-and-answer session.

Tom Doyle is a luthier, sound engineer and guitarist who “served as Les Paul’s personal guitar technician, live-sound engineer, and close confidant for over 45 years from the mid-1960s until Les’s passing in 2009.”

He was also “the trusted hand behind Les’s instruments and experiments, and a key part of the legendary NYC residencies at Fat Tuesday’s and the Iridium.”

Advance tickets are $25 per person and tickets at the door are $30. Mahwah Museum members and students receive $5 off with a discount code.

Registration is open through the museum website, www.mahwahmuseum.org.

People who are unsure of their membership status can email mahwahmuseum@gmail.com.

The museum is open Saturdays from October through June from 1 to 4 p.m., according to the announcement. General museum admission is $5 per person, and admission is free for children 18 and under, students and Mahwah Museum members. More information is available at the museum website.