Link Wray - Guitar Preacher [2CD] (1995)

Link Wray - Guitar Preacher (The Polydor Years)

"Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was a rock and roll guitar player most noted for introducing a new sound for electric guitars in his major hit, the 1958 instrumental "Rumble", by Link Wray and his Ray Men. Before Rumble, electric guitars were used to produce clean sounds and jazz chords. Wray pioneered fuzz-tone and was the first guitarist to use power chords to play a song's melody.

Pete Townshend stated in liner notes for a 1974 Wray album, "He is the king; if it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Neil Young and Bob Dylan have all cited Wray as an influence. He was named as one of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, but still has not yet been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is, however, a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame."

Disc 1:
01 La De Da
02 Take Me Home Jesus
03 Juke Box Mama
04 Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes
05 Fallin' Rain
06 Fire And Brimstone
07 Ice People
08 God Out West
09 Crowbar
10 Black River Swamp
11 Tail Dragger
12 Hobo Man
13 I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud
14 Georgia Pines
15 Water Boy
16 Alabama Electric Circus
17 Take My Hand (Precious Lord)

Disc 2:
01 Walkin' In The Arizona Sun
02 Scorpio Woman
03 All Because Of A Woman
04 On The Run
05 Days Before Custer
06 Be What You Want To
07 All Cried Out
08 Tucson, Arizona
09 River Bend
10 You Walked By
11 Walk Easy, Walk Slow
12 Morning
13 It Was A Bad Scene
14 Good Time Joe
15 Walkin' Bulldog
16 I Got To Ramble
17 Backwoods Preacher Man
18 She's That Kind Of Woman
19 Super 88
20 Rumble

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