When Link Wray recorded “Rumble” in early 1958, most rock-and-roll guitarists were doing everything they could to avoid distortion. Wray did the opposite, unabashedly leaning into it and, in the ...
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On this day (November 5) in 2005, Link Wray died of heart failure in his Copenhagen, Denmark, home. Over the years, his music ventured into country, rockabilly, garage rock, and hard rock. He ...
Link Wray, as you probably know by now, died on Nov. 5. He was 76. The Dunn native, who produced some of the most quintessential American guitar rock instrumentals, spent his final years in Copenhagen ...
's effect on the use of electric guitar was as singular as his moniker. Wray, credited as the creator of the "power chord" died Nov. 5 of unknown causes at his home in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was 76.
Link Wray, NC native and inspiration to generations of guitarists, has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy Beth Wray It’s not just surprising that the late great Link Wray, ...
Last summer, Link Wray came to Lincoln to play what turned out to be one of his final shows. I tried to talk to the legendary rock 'n' roll guitarist, who is credited with developing the ...
Yakkie are a brilliantly raging London group whose members Janey Starling, Robin Gatt, Laura Ankles and Maeve Westall hail from other bands (Petrol Girls, Dream Nails, Colour Me Wednesday, ...