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Thread #109461 Message #2289224
Posted By: 21st Century Bluesman
15-Mar-08 - 04:20 PM
Thread Name: Link Wray's 'Rumble' turns 50...
Subject: RE: Link Wray's 'Rumble' turns 50...
Unfortunately Link Wray is no longer with us. He died a couple of years back, but he was performing right to the end. He was best known for his 1950s and early sixties guitar instrumentals, but I think a few Mudcatters would be more interested in his output when he reinvented himself as a roots rocker in the late '60s and early '70s with albums such as Link Wray, Beans and Fatback and Be What You Want To Be. Well worth searching out - reminiscent of The Band's best stuff. He was of Native American stock and very proud of the fact.