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Link Wray's Rumble on CBG & Transistor Amp

Posted by W.M. Peterson on July 26, 2012 at 4:25am

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WRAY, RUMBLE, 1958, LINK, DOGDISH

CBG only amplified with Transistor amp without any "side-effects".Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer.Building on the overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound of early electric blues records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men introduced "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists,"[1] making possible "punk and heavy rock."[2] Rolling Stone placed Wray at number 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[3]

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W.M. Peterson July 28, 2012 at 5:54pm

Thx Calim, James for the great comments ! chrz WMP
Calim July 28, 2012 at 5:09pm

waah link wray on cbg, that's so cool !
James July 26, 2012 at 9:14pm

great stuff !!!
W.M. Peterson July 26, 2012 at 7:32pm

I watched it, Pascal, never heard it, indeed the trashiest version ever, thx for sharing !
Pascal July 26, 2012 at 6:14pm

Link Wray played the trashest version of "Good rocking tonigh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MekCQW--8B4
W.M. Peterson July 26, 2012 at 5:43pm

Thx Uncle John, i understand you where "there" in the 60s, cool !

Thx ED, Rumble was also my first song on CBG that i retaught myself but i had to come up with a different version because i've lack of a good drummer :) . I can play it over & over. Chrz and Grtz WMP
Uncle John July 26, 2012 at 4:12pm

Good history, good hat, good vid. I remember that tune. Back in the 60s seems like most albums had one instrumental.
Bad Finger (Eric) July 26, 2012 at 2:57pm

One of the first songs I retaught myself after returning to playing guitar after ~25 years. You've done a great version. :)
W.M. Peterson July 26, 2012 at 2:15pm

Many thx Oily !
Ron "Oily" Sprague July 26, 2012 at 2:12pm

WMP,

Nice job! Always loved this tune.