This is a great story told recently by Mac McAnally, long time guitarist for Jimmy Buffet.
They were in New York on an off night and dropped in at the club where Les Paul still played a regular gig, at 93 years old...
http://www.sdmahaney.org/au/lespaul_sitin.mp3 - mp3 audio, 260 kB
[I bring this up today because Les Paul ain't gonna be gigging at that club anymore:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mu/us_obit_les_paul ]