Frederick lincoln link wray jr may 2, 1929 november 5, 2005 was an american rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who first came to popularity in the late 1950s. Find link wray discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Great instrumental singles what are your top 4 discoveries of the week. Fresh fish special with link wray edit the album report an error. Guitar maestro deke dickerson pays homage to the godfather of the power chord and shames the hall of fame in the process. The best part about this edition is the way the cover folds out in the shape of link wrays portrait. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Link wray songs top songs chart singles discography. Aug 19, 2017 in 1971, link wray reinvented himself and made one of the greatest roots rock albums ever, full of fuzz blasts, gnarled folk, and backwoods gospel.
Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. For one thing, its kind of fun observing a bunch of palmtomouth teenyboppers as they try to decide what to do with themselves while watching a guy with some of the gnarliest guitar tone of all time rip it up in front of them. The music is an americana blend of blues, country, gospel, and folk rock elements. My goal for the last twenty years has been to bring the legacy of this unsung rock hero to light. Its almost four years since the release of links last album shadowman, so this new offering will be. Choose country canada 1 greece 1 uk 1 usa 6 see link wray for full discography. Recordings officially licensed by various record companies such as sony music, his best rock numbers originally released between 1958 and 1966 on cadence, cameo, epic, mala, rumble and swan, among others. He relocated to denmark in the early 1980s, and he died in.
Link wray booked at civic center, lansing state journal lansing, mich. Link wray fire and brimstone from the 1971 lp link wray youtube. Download link wray rumble the best of link wray 1993 far beyond music from 78 mb, link wray amp the wray men moonlight love mp3 from 3 mb free from tradownload. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. This link wray appearance on dick clarks american bandstand from 1959 is great for a few reasons. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Download torrent or any other torrent from category. Link wray may not be a major blues player, but in 1958 he took the dirty sound of distorted electric blues guitar and came up with the power chord that a new generation of guitarists incorporated into their music in the 60s to give us blues rock. Wray then moved to his family farm in accokeek, maryland, where he converted a chicken shack into a small threetrack studio and released the album link wray 1971, under polydor.
May 2, 1929 november 5, 2005, was an american rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. Link wray, frederick lincoln wray, american guitarist born may 2, 1929, dunn, n. Link wray family, childhood, life achievements, facts, wiki and bio of 2017. This music is characterized by the purposeful use of simplified sounds to reflect the thencurrent vogue of blues and other roots music being used in many roots rock bands. Rocknroll musician link wray reigns supreme as one of the best, most important, influential, and innovative guitarists to emerge from the 1950s. Link wray fire and brimstone from the 1971 lp link wray. Wray is famous for supposedly inventing the power chord.
Link wray albums, songs discography album of the year. He relocated to denmark in the early 1980s, and he died in copenhagen, denmark on november 5, 2005. Albums include rumble the swag, link wray, and rumble. Connect your spotify account to your account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any spotify app on any device or platform. May 2, 1929 november 5, 2005 was a shawnee rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from link wray. Building on the overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound of. Wray was the creator of the powerchord and was one of the first musicians to experiment with both distortion and the burning fuzztone guitar sound in his instrumental recordings. Great guitar hits by link wray and his raymen vinyl. Link wrays most consistent project not a bad song on it, and covers loads of popular guitarplaying styles from the era and before. See also the spiders wraymen, the pack formerly link wrays raymen usa 70 uk 15 netherlands 9 canada 8 germany 8 australia 4 france 4 new zealand. Wray s first album, as was often the custom in 1960, was a slappedtogether affair, combining both sides of his first three epic singles with half a dozen other numbers one of those singles was his only hit of any size besides rumble, the duane eddyish rawhide. Link wrays best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 rumble link wray.
When you cross your heart walk, walk, walkin blues. So links old fans were thrown for a loop when, in 1971, the man made a comeback after several years along the margins with a selftitled album that set aside his big slabs of fretboard fuzz in favor of a. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Link wray and the ray men discography all countries. Album, 1978, private stock record, electrola, rca victor. This copy was reissued by future days recordings on green translucent vinyl in 2017. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. Now get all the other norton link wray records and cds. I am happy my efforts, and those of links fans, to promote links legacy, have finally paid off. Link wray and the ray men discography all countries 45cat.
The entire wray family moved to washington, dc in 1955. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. I finally grabbed a copy of link wrays fulllength selftitled debut from 1971. Link wray and his bizarre guitar on american bandstand, 1959. Often described as an innovator for being one of the first guitarists to use power chords with distorted sounds and the larsen effect.
See also the spiders wraymen, the pack formerly link wrays raymen usa 70 uk 15 netherlands 9 canada 8 germany 8 australia 4 france 4 new. Get link wray setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other link wray fans for free on setlist. Find similar artists to link wray and discover new music. Find highquality link wray stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. I am thrilled that rumble by link wray has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. American rock guitarist born may 2, 1929 in dunn, north carolina. Search for and download any torrent from the pirate bay using search query gordon. The best of link wray w 64 w big city after dark missing links volume 2 lp 90. Link wray biography 2017 facts, childhood, wiki, family.
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