Link Wray kicked ass. The probably being is not a lot of people know about all the ass he kicked. And that’s too bad. My a fore mentioned love of lists I have been surprised that he is not on a lot of the greatest guitarist list(though he has been on some.) He rarely gets mentioned in conversations of with the most influential musicians or guitarist which is unjust.
His man had a banned instrumental!
That is a pretty great accomplishment in my book. And that is the instrumental is part of the probable. He could be considered a one hit wonder. Not a uncommon occurrence in his era for even great artist. But when that one hit is an instrumental it may not doom you to obscurity but it is close.
He was not the greatest technical player but he was a pioneer when it came to distortion. I think more importantly he brought menace to rock ‘n’ roll. The idea of a guitar as some raw, aggressive, and menacing was mostly born with Link and thank goodness it was.
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