Bob Weir has always embraced technical innovation. The Grateful Dead guitarist has himself been an eager participant in improving the quality of live and recorded music throughout his career. That has earned him an award named in honor of one of the music industry's greatest innovators. The first Les Paul Spirit Award will be presented to Weir at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee. Michael Braunstein, the executive director of the Les Paul Foundation, credits the award's first recipient for being, "...an extraordinary talent who has given us an amazing array of legendary music", and, "an innovator who understands music, technologies and the spirit of Les Paul", adding, "If Les were still alive today, I have absolutely no doubt that he and Bob would be experimenting together at TRI Studios or at Les' house and the results would be extraordinary."
Tennessean.com
