Latest Release
- 31 DEC 2022
- 22 Songs
- Raw - Hide · 1956
- The Best of Link Wray · 1962
- Ace of Spades · 1959
- The Best of Link Wray · 1962
- Live Fast, Love Hard! · 2009
- Golden Strings · 1971
- The Best of Link Wray · 1962
- Rumble Man · 2016
- Walking Down a Street Called Love · 1993
- Link Sings Elvis · 2007
- 2017
Artist Playlists
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Live Albums
Appears On
- Robert Gordon
More To Hear
- DJ Kool Herc, The Spinners, and Link Wray built new scenes.
About Link Wray
Link Wray's contribution to the language of rockin' guitar is a major one, even if he had never walked into another studio after cutting "Rumble." Quite simply, Link Wray invented the power cord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists. Listen to any of the tracks he recorded between that landmark instrumental in 1958 through his Swan recordings in the early 1960s and you'll hear the blueprints for heavy metal, thrash, you name it. If a direct line from a Black blues musician crankin' up his amp and playing with a ton of violence and aggression can be traced to a young white guy doing a mutated form of the same, the line points straight to Link Wray. Pete Townshend said, "He is the king; if it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar."
- HOMETOWN
- Dunn, NC, United States
- BORN
- 2 May 1929
- GENRE
- Rock