Ya wanna know why i actually bought a fresh copy of this link wray comeback. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit rumble by link wray and his ray men popularized the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists. Iconic guitarist whose work straddled country and rockabilly, best known for instrumental hits like. His hometown of dunn, north carolina will honor him with a concert on the same day. Blog post editor is an application for blogging, similar to the windows live writer, but because the blog post editor using java, so this application can run on almost all platforms, windows, linux, or mac, blog post editor also keep all your posts in the database locally. This jukebox rocks link wraythe original rumble plus 22.
In the early 70s, firstgeneration rock guitar hero link wray was looking to make a comeback, and after his selftitled 1971 album for polydor in which he set aside the raw, feral guitar tone of his early instrumental hits for a more casual country blues mood failed to make an impression with record buyers, wray and his buddies decided to try making an endrun around the charts with. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit rumble by link wray and his ray men popularized the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, facilitating. Link wray early recordings 1963 this is the best link wray album ive ever heard. Trombonist anderson has assembled quite a quintet for this tribute to the blues, dubbed the lapis lazuli band. Here is a crackly treat i picked up at this weekends boot sale.
Link wray 1971 i dont know as much about link wray as i should, but i truly love this album. While wray fell out of the spotlight, he continued to perform as a regional touring act until the mid1970s, when he formed a new power trio and began recording new material. Drawn from the one lp and the dozen or so singles link wray recorded for swan records between 1963 and 1966, early recordings, first released in this configuration by chiswick records in 1978, remains the best singledisc introduction to this powerful guitar player, even though, at 32 minutes in length, it falls on the brief side. Link wray early recordings theres nothing ever in rock n roll, more thunderous, chaotic, rumblin and dirty than link wray. After a hiatus throughout much of the sixties, the man credited with inventing the power chord dropped one of the most bizarre comeback albums in music history on an unsuspecting public. Feb 11, 2012 home unlabelled link wray white lightning lost cadence sessions. Praise him for taking us on the bus as to link for inventing the rock guitar, but also for this fantastic lessons about the beauty of simplicity. Savage exotica a musicformaniacs collection after clicking the above, scroll down for downloading options. The best of link wray l ink wray was a rock and roll guitar player most noted for introducing a new sound for electric guitars in his major hit, the 1958 instrumental rumble, which is considered by many to be the best rock instrumental of all time. I had problems downloading this from mega upload, too. Link wrays eponymous comeback lp from 1971 was recorded in a homemade 3 track studio in a disused chicken shack on the family farm in maryland. Link wray white lightning lost cadence sessions 58.
The best part about this edition is the way the cover folds out in the shape of link wrays portrait. Some time had passed since quentin tarantino featured wray s famed rumble in pulp fiction. Pls am from nigeria and i can see you uploaded ebenezer obeys miliki express then bt couldnt download it pls can u gimmme d link and also do. Iconic guitarist whose work straddled country and rockabilly, best known for instrumental hits like rumble. Trusted for over 23 years, our modern delphi is the preferred choice of object pascal developers for creating cool apps across devices. This jukebox rocks link wraythe original rumble plus. By the time guitar instrumentals changed courses and moved into surf music in the early 1960s with dick dale and the ventures, wray and his music had gone out of fashion.
I finally grabbed a copy of link wrays fulllength selftitled debut from 1971. Link wray link wray polydor, 1971 maybe linkster got tired somewhere in the early 70s of the known rock n roll sound helped created and tried something else. In the early 70s, firstgeneration rock guitar hero link wray was looking to make a comeback, and after his selftitled 1971 album for polydor. Link wray and his ray men changed rock music in 1958 with the release of the instrumental rumble. The half shawnee shaman, at the age of 71, performed one of the greatest shows ive ever seen in my life.
All i know is it was recorded in the uk and is very hard to find. Armed with a 1953 gibson les paul, a dinky premier amp, an elvis sneer and a black leather jacket, link wray was my hero. L ink wray was a rock and roll guitar player most noted for introducing a new sound for electric guitars in his major hit, the 1958 instrumental rumble, which is considered by many to be the best rock instrumental of all time. I not only praised the article i said that this kim morgan should really have a following. I certainly wasnt to be disappointed after such a long wait, especially as since then, id. You dont need to register in order to post comments. May 10, 2015 10 greatest link wray songs tomorrow, may 2nd, is the late link wray s birthday. The best of link wray w 64 w big city after dark missing links volume 2 lp 90. Wray comcom is a voluntary group working together to try to bridge the digital divide in this rural area and raise awareness of the benefits of broadband and ict. It was the first time id seen the band since their sunday afternoon set at hipsville back in 2018, which you can read about in the blog archive here. And old fans at the time were at least in a buzz with this. Apr 26, 2011 building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit rumble by link wray and his ray men popularized the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, making possible punk and heavy rock. He graced nearly a hundred or more songs with his trademark raw guitar playing. This copy was reissued by future days recordings on green translucent vinyl in 2017.
Link wray passed in 2005 but he left a substantial body of recorded music dating back to the 1950s. And yes, i love instrumental shit and its crazy that even in the 50s someone was doing so good as link wray did it, yes brothers he is the king of the guitar i leave to you a huge album, with most of his hits, but watch out, link wray is got many albums and some of them are more blues centered than others and he even dare to sing, vocals. Consequently, most blog sites do not have the option of downloading the video. Link wrays polydor debut from 1971 sounds kinda like the band meets the.
Find all 28 songs in pulp fiction soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Theres nothing ever in rock n roll, more thunderous, chaotic, rumblin and dirty than link wray. Where chet atkins stood for dedication, professionalism, musicianship, link was raw power, the grit, the attitude. The parkinsons treated us to a raucous set of adrenalinefuelled portuguese punk rock at an excellent some weird sin club night at nambucca. Before rumble, electric guitars were used to produce clean sounds and jazz chords. Pulp fiction soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. Link wray s eponymous comeback lp from 1971 was recorded in a homemade 3 track studio in a disused chicken shack on the family farm in maryland. Rumble progenitor, he found feedback before others even started rubbing their guitars against the fuzz.
Now we are blessed with wrays three track shack, a 2005 collection of these three. However, you may rely on the thirdparty tools to download such videos. May 14, 2012 rock pioneer link wray, most famous for rumble was boss in every era. May 2, 1929 november 5, 2005 was a shawnee rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became. The tunes recorded in his farmbased wrays shack three track are so rough and forcefull.
The loose limbed country funk sound of this album is an entirely different prospect to his earlier, rowdy rock instrumentals, but its just as tasty as you will hear after a little compare and contrast. Given this, you need to download video from blog and keep them in your computer for future sharing and viewing. Vernon wray wasted 1972 a 1972 privatepress countryfolk outing from link wrays older brother, vernon. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. In 1958 his first single, rumble was banned in new york and boston. Tomorrow, may 2nd, is the late link wray s birthday. Wray com com wray community communications is a blog created for village information.
Be sure that no words are plenty to describe a performance like rumble, ace of spades, run chicken run or fatback. What we got here is the very essence of rock n roll at his most primal and savage. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit rumble by link wray and his ray men popularized the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, making possible punk and heavy rock. Wrays image as leatherclad, fuzzdrenched cowpunk is so indelibly etched into the minds of most fans that its been convenient to overlook the fact that in the early 70s, he eschewed grungy instrumentals for laidback.
Mar 25, 2007 i wanted to play something that didnt sound like chet atkins link wray link wray the other guitar hero of the 50s. Rip if i could go back in time and see one concert it would be link wray and his raymenneil young link wray and the raymen rumble link wray and the raymen the black widow link wray and the raymen the law of. Link wray the link wray rumble 1974 us fabulous rock. Link wray stuck in gear 1975 great rock album vinyl. Up to that point, electric guitars were played with a clean sound, even if it was wild musiclike scotty moore on elvis presleys most famous rockers or.
Link wray biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. This record was apparently selfrecorded on 8track in a tucson shack featuring ample contributions from all the wray brothers and released in an original edition of 400. Sep 27, 2010 link wray link wray polydor, 1971 maybe linkster got tired somewhere in the early 70s of the known rock n roll sound helped created and tried something else. Keyboardist amina claudine myers, mostly on organ, electric guitarist jerome harris, electric bass guitarist lonnie plaxico, and drummer tommy campbell are the funkifiers.
I had to get it on an oop box set called guitar preacher which was a good, if incomplete, collection of links comeback stuff. Link wray link wray polydor, 1971 white trash soul. Wrays image as leatherclad, fuzzdrenched cowpunk is so indelibly. There is very little info about this particular album. Link wrays apache, which appears on the pathway sessions, on ace records. If youre a fan at all then get it, and if youre not a fan of link wray then get the heck on out of yr seat and jump for joy, cause this is gonna be fun.
Link wray stuck in gear 1975 great rock album vinyl rip wave. Wray made a new sound by inventing fuzztone, adding. In order to compete in the fastpaced app world, you must reduce development time and get to market faster than your competitors. Remembering link wray on his birthday may 2, 1929 november 5, 2005 regards, bob may 2, 2016 at 4. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. May 2, 1929 november 5, 2005 was an american rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.
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