RIP Link Wray
Link Wray has died earlier this month in Denmark at age 76. Wray (homepage, currently unavailable), hailed as the inventor of the power chord and the “fuzz” guitar sound, was a big influence to the likes of Pete Townsend, David Bowie and Bob Dylan. In the liner notes of one of Wray’s albums Townsend wrote: “He’s the king. If Link Wray and Rumble hadn’t been there I would never have picked up a guitar.” Some of Wray’s music can be downloaded here.
November 21st, 2005 at 8:49 pm »
the official Link site is
linkwraylegend.com.
RIP
November 23rd, 2005 at 12:02 pm »
He shall be missed – a guitar god!! (how come he ended up in Denmark? not that there’s anything wrong with Denmark, of course!).
cheers,
Danny
November 25th, 2005 at 11:54 am »
I understand that Link just loved the way them Copenhagen’s talked…