ROCK and ROLL GUITARIST - LINK WRAY
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Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, World music museum in Belgrade and VIS. * BEACH ALARM , present Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) ,Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who first came to popularity in the late 1950s.Wray was born in Dunn, North Carolina, to Fred Lincoln Wray,Sr. and his wife Lillian M. Coats.,With half Shawnee Indian ancestry, Wray frequently spoke of this in performances and interviews. Three songs he performed were named for American Indian tribes: "Shawnee", "Apache", and "Comanche.
Building on the overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound of early electric blues records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men invented "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists," making possible "punk and heavy rock."Rolling Stone placed Wray at number 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.In 2013 he was announced as a nominee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Building on the overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound of early electric blues records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men invented "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists," making possible "punk and heavy rock."Rolling Stone placed Wray at number 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.In 2013 he was announced as a nominee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.