Latest Release
- 31 DEC 2022
- 22 Songs
- Rumble (Remastered) - Single · 1958
- Sings and Plays Guitar · 1964
- Sings and Plays Guitar · 1964
- Sings and Plays Guitar · 1964
- Sings and Plays Guitar · 1964
- Walking Down a Street Called Love · 1993
- Legendary Rock & Roll for 2022 · 2022
- Legendary Rock & Roll for 2022 · 2022
- Legendary Rock & Roll for 2022 · 2022
- Legendary Rock & Roll for 2022 · 2022
- 2017
- 2014
- 2007
Artist Playlists
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Live Albums
- 2014
- 2002
Appears On
- Various Artists
- Robert Gordon
- Robert Gordon
- Joey Welz
More To Hear
- DJ Kool Herc, The Spinners, and Link Wray built new scenes.
About Link Wray
Link Wray's contribution to the language of rockin' guitar is a major one, even if he had never walked into another studio after cutting "Rumble." Quite simply, Link Wray invented the power cord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists. Listen to any of the tracks he recorded between that landmark instrumental in 1958 through his Swan recordings in the early 1960s and you'll hear the blueprints for heavy metal, thrash, you name it. If a direct line from a Black blues musician crankin' up his amp and playing with a ton of violence and aggression can be traced to a young white guy doing a mutated form of the same, the line points straight to Link Wray. Pete Townshend said, "He is the king; if it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar."
- HOMETOWN
- Dunn, NC, United States
- BORN
- 2 May 1929
- GENRE
- Rock