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I agree with Richard...I was one of Link Wray's biggest fans on the list and
still play many
of Link's songs. I think the rock'n'roll community (read, the critics) didn't
give him his
props, but there are legions of guitar gods who readily admit how influential
his big,
spare, raucous sound was on their playing.
It ills me that Miles Davis was placed in the R'n'R Hall of Fame this month,
while guys like
Link Wray and Dick Dale and The Ventures all get skipped over. Not to take away
from
Miles, but his later music gave birth to the dreck that is jazz fusion, and I
don't see that as
an important contribution to rock history. His best music was in the early '60s
and he was
definitely in the jazz camp at the time.
Wray, on the other hand, was the predecessor of hard rock and the master of the
power
chord, and those contributions resonated through The Who to The Ramones and The
Pixies to present day mega-punk rockers, Green Day. And about 1,000,000 other
bands.
Even 2006 R'n'R HoF inductees Black Sabbath and The Sex Pistols owe a great deal
to Link
Wray!
As for Dale, I think we all agree that he deserves a place in rock history for
pioneering surf
music and driving amplification technology as the testing ground for Leo Fender
in the
1960s.
Hmph. Time to get off my soapbox!
--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@...> wrote:
>
> There's been a looooooot of Link worship on this list
> the last couple of years. I think you just missed the
> bulk of it. There's no shortage of admiration for the
> guy in this circle.
>
> Richard
>
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