New Les Paul album for 90th birthday

Guitar legend Les Paul will celebrate his 90th birthday with his first new studio album since 1978's "Guitar Monsters" reports Billboard. Les Paul & Friends' "American Made, World Played" is due August 30.

The album will feature Eric Clapton on "Somebody Ease My Troublin' Mind," Jeff Beck on "Good News," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on "Bad Case of Lovin' You" and Buddy Guy, Keith Richards and Rick Derringer on "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl, "Love Sneakin' Up on You" with Sting and Joss Stone and "Fly Like an Eagle" with Steve Miller.

Paul will also be honored on June 9 with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at New York's annual Songwriters Hall of Fame event.
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