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.
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the official Link site is
linkwraylegend.com.
RIP
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
I understand that Link just loved the way them Copenhagen’s talked…