Obit: Link Wray - grandfather of Grunge(Nov 05)

Subject: Obit: Link Wray
From: Bobert
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 06:48 PM

The granfather of grunge music dead at 76...

Sniff...

I remember the first time I hear "Rumble" and knew that rock 'n roll was movin' to a new place...

I never met Link but did know some of his friends and went to his house in Maryland a couple times and saw the infamous "Wray's Shack-3 Track"... Sorry I never got to meet the man...

I'm sure Neil Young is in mourning...

Bobert

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 07:24 PM

RIP

"..king of the Danelectro Longhorn and the Supro Dual-Tone !!!

Link and the Wraymen attacked their instruments with a savagery that was heretofore unprecedented, mangling the strings and fret boards of their instruments almost beyond recognition on wax and in person at rough 'n' tumble D.C. clubs..
..Link's music was laced with an undeniable, underlying mood of menace. Raunchy instrumentals like "Ace Of Spades," "Rawhide," "Comanche," "Jack The Ripper" and "Big City After Dark" certainly sounded like the soundtracks to gang fights and late night playground showdowns, whether they were intended to or not..

..Then there were the occasional vocal numbers..
Link hollered them in a voice so insanely deranged that it can only be described as the vocal equivalent of his guitar style..

..he's known as the godfather of surf, garage, glam rock, punk, heavy metal and grunge, but Link doesn't need any of these accolades, for he's always been the sickest guitar player—and vocalist—in all of rock 'n' roll. Amen! "

quoted from this site:

http://www.knights-maumau.com/music_more.php/121/Link+Wray#

which also provides the cool internet jukebox

where you can now go pay respect and select


listen to "Rumble"



BTW.. i got 2 Danelectro Longhorns ..


cheers Mr Wray

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: Goose Gander
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 07:37 PM

He will be missed.

I prefer his earlier material. Volume 1 (Hillbilly Wolf) of the "Missing Links" series on Norton Records collects some great tracks from the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: number 6
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 08:24 PM

I'm not a big fan of his, orhis musical innovation and style ... but my hat is off in sincere repect for him.

He'll be missed

sincerely,
sIx

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: GUEST,Penguin Egg
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 08:52 PM

We have lost a innovative artist who never sold out and never compromised. He will be missed. I, personally, loved his music.

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: GUEST,will never forget this icon
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 08:57 PM

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5351/linkpose3nx.jpg

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: GUEST,Martin Gibson
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 10:35 PM

I saw Link Wray peform many years ago as opening act for Robert Gordon. Link was from the minimalist school of guitar as was Johnny Cash's famous guitarist Luther Perkins. Not a lot of flash, but certainly a lot of style.

Link's "Rumble" has been used for decades as the opening theme for the local creature feature show featuring Svengoolie.

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: M.Ted
Date: 21 Nov 05 - 11:25 PM

On my list of the most important guitarists ever. Time to dig out the three volume anthology--

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: Mooh
Date: 22 Nov 05 - 07:58 AM

Off to the big Rumble in the sky.

His generation of influencial musicians seems a little less tainted by celebrity than later ones, somehow more earthy. Never too late to introduce his music to a younger audience.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 05 - 08:00 AM

Takes some doin' to get an instrumental banned from radio play !!!

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: Goose Gander
Date: 22 Nov 05 - 10:18 AM

Wasn't that "Rumble"? Because it could 'incite violence'? I remember hearing something about that.

Subject: RE: Obit: Link Wray
From: alanabit
Date: 22 Nov 05 - 10:22 AM

A very original and authentic musician. Hope he enjoyed his life.