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M&I 'builds' 18-story tribute to 93-year-old guitar legend

MILWAUKEE, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- It will be quite the celebration when M&I lights the world's largest Les Paul-style guitars in honor of Les Paul's 93rd birthday.

Inventor, musician, and entrepreneur Les Paul will "flip the switch" at Marshall & Ilsley Corporation's (M&I) corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee on Friday, June 20 to light two sides of its 18-story corporate headquarters in the shape of electric guitars.

This is the third year that M&I, a diversified financial services corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., will light its corporate headquarters ...

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