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Gene Paul, Mary Ford &amp; Les Paul in the mid-1960s</div>
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<p>Gene Paul is the son of famed guitarist and inventor <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul" title="Les Paul">Les Paul</a>, the inventor of the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-body" title="Solid-body" class="mw-redirect">solid-body</a> <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> and early innovato