Link Wray | Guitar Radio Show

Remembering Link Wray, born Fred Lincoln Wray, Jr. on May 2, 1929, in Dunn, North Carolina – he died on November 5, 2005. Building on 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 No. 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. In 2013 he was announced as a nominee

Link Wray - Rumble (1958) "Rumble," an instrumental track by Link Wray released in 1958, stands as a groundbreaking piece in the history of rock music. Diverging from the vocal-centric tracks of its time, "Rumble" communicated its powerful message solely through the electric guitar, embodying a raw energy and rebellious spirit that was unprecedented in the 1950s musical landscape. The track is renowned for its innovative use of distorted guitar sound, a technique achieved by Wray's radical metho