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UNSTEADY FREDDIE
On January 15th Joe Lee (Joe's Record Paradise) & Melissa Avery
(www.dc-rock-and-roll.org) are producing a tribute concert in honor
of Link Wray. It will be held at El Boqueron II 1330 Gude Dr.
Rockville MD (the club underneath Joe's Record Paradise)
The Governor of Maryland has declared January 15th Link Wray Day and
will honor the Wray family with a certificate on stage.
WAMA board member Richard Harrington who presented the lifetime
achievement award to Link Wray will also speak.
Rare film footage of Link from the 1950's!
Musical guests for the evening will include:
Former Link Wray side Men: Ricky Mitchell, Ed Cynar, Johnny Sneed
Jack Cassidy & the Triumphs - The Triumphs are the group Jack &
Jorma Kaukonen played with when they were youngsters in DC, prior to
playing moving to California and founding the Jefferson Airplane.
The Triumphs opened for Link Wray in the local DC clubs in the early
1960's. The band will be comprised of Jack Cassidy,Ron McDonald,
Johnny Sneed, and Joe Stanley.
It has to be some 45 years since a Triumphs performance has taken
place.
Robert Gordon (played with Link Wray in the late 1970's early
1980's)
Eddie Angel (Tex Rubinowitz, Switchblade, Billy Hancock, the Planet
Rockers, the Neanderthals, Eddie Angels Guitar Party, Los
Straitjackets, etc.)
Billy Hancock (Saxtons, Fallen Angels, Roy Buchanan and the Snake
Stretchers, Danny and the Fat Boys, Billy Hancock and the Tennessee
Rockets etc....)
Joe Stanley (Saxtons, Roy Clark, the Orioles, Big Joe Turner, Sam
Cooke, Little Anthony, Lloyd Price, The Drifters, Jackie Wilson,
Dion and the Belmont's, Freddie Cannon, Dale Hawkins, The Rainbows
with Don Covay Marvin Gay and Billy Stewart, Charlie Daniels, Danny
and the Fat Boys, the Dynaflows and Big four Combo, etc..)
Daryl Davis (Muddy Waters, The Jordanaires, The Coasters Pinetop
Perkins, Johnny Johnson, Chuck Berry etc..)
Norton Records, The A-Bones (Billy Martin)
Switchblade
Plus other local guests
All of these musicians played at one time or the other with Link
Wray in Washington DC.
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