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Link Wray
Link Wray was born Fred Lincoln Wray Jr. in 1929 and grew up in Dunn, North Carolina. He formed Link Wray & His Ray Men in 1958 with his brothers Vernon and...
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Ain't That Lovin' You Babe
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Black River Swamp
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Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away)
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Girl From The North Country
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Ain't That Lovin' You Babe
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Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away)
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Link Wray was born Fred Lincoln Wray Jr. in 1929 and grew up in Dunn, North Carolina. He formed Link Wray & His Ray Men in 1958 with his brothers Vernon and Doug. His guitar sound came from cutting the speaker cone of his amplifier with a razor blade, creating a fuzz tone that felt raw and immediate.
In 1958, he released the instrumental track "Rumble," which was inspired by a gang fight he witnessed. During the 1960s, he put out albums like "Link Wray & His Ray Men," "Comanche," and "Fall Out." His recordings from that period include songs like "Ain't That Lovin' You Babe" and "Black River Swamp."
Wray's music drew from country, blues, and rockabilly, but it never settled into one style. He kept recording through the decades, with later tracks like "Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away)" and "Girl From The North Country" showing his range. The sound he built in the late 1950s, that distorted, charging guitar, stayed with him.
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