Dick Dale East (without the trademark Lebanese tremolo)
http://www.linkwraylegend.com/bio.html
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Link Wray,
Native-American Rock Guitar Instrumentalist has died,
76 years of age.
It is with the deepest sorrow that we have to inform Links dear fans that
our beloved husband and father Link Wray has deceased November 5. 2005
In respect of Links wishes, he was buried in silence and privacy from the
historic protestant Church: Christians Church in Copenhagen Denmark, Friday
18th of November 2005. with attendance of his family Olive and Oliver Wray.
Link passed away in their arms, safely in his home in Copenhagen, not ever
aware that his heart was getting tired. This was the way he had told us, he
wanted it.
Born May 2nd, 1929 in Dunn, North Carolina, Link is three quarters Shawnee
Indian.
Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the
sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented
fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was
also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock
recordings.
Link is known for his instrumental hit single Rumble, released In the spring
of ı58, and quickly rocketed to the top 20. Voted the #1 Rock Instrumental
of all time by the Book Of Rock Lists (Dell/Rolling Stone Press) It was a 4
million seller. And to quote Uncut magazine (who voted Link #33 of the 100
best guitarist list in the World as the composer of the worlds most
threatening instrumental) ³The violent intimations of Rumble so struck
sensitive late 50s sensibilities that it was banned by many radio stations.
Not bad for an instrumental. Rumble will outlive us all².
Again in 1959 his single hit Rawhide sold 1 million.
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Linkıs original sound is timeless, as evidenced by the inclusion of many of
his guitar instrumentals in some of the best motion pictures of the last
decade. Some of these releases include:
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
Desperado, (Robert Rodriguez) as well as in Road Racers (Robert Rodriguez)