Ventures-Rumble

[dec04539]

Well, whaddya know; I never knew anyone but Link Wray had ever recorded this. But in trying to find a bass tab for it, I found a site that had two versions of bass tab, both listed under The Ventures.

I think this is a pretty good cover. Why would someone think they're playing it "wrong"?

Thanks for putting that up on YouTube, Northcarolinian.

[meini00iniem]

Pulp Fiction Vince & Mia

[Bottomf]

THEIR ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS THAT THE VENTURES DID THAT I THINK IS BETTER IT HAS MORE SUSTAIN TO THE RIFFS AND A LOT LONGER. I HAVE NOT FOUND IT ON YOU TUBE YET. ITS ON THE VENTURES ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER ALBUM.

[89NIB]

rumble....they are doing it wrong

[xlr82nrg666]

Great cover of Link Wray & Wray Men's original song...actually better than the original.

[matuschkas]

link wray was the grandfather of heavy metal.

[TheTidalwaves]

Originally recorded by Link Wray and his Ray men in 1958 on Cadence.

[TheOtherJarhead]

The Ventures were not a surf band. That is a common misconception. If you look at their entire body of work, surf music was a minuscule part of it. Check out their early stuff before 1964 and then check everything since '68. They covered all the contemporary genres, as well as classical music AND they wrote a lot of their own instrumentals, as well.

[TomParmenter]

The Ventures don't often get this dirty, but Link Wray set the bar high and they jump it.

[83rrsou]

@TomParmenter The Ventures were truly talented-their covers of existing music quite often equalled or even excelled the original tunes.

[dreadnought45]

This is a Link Wray song recorded in 1958. I still have the 45 record. Duane Eddy's Rebel Rouser came out the same year.

Ken, Toronto

[verlaine4]

Harvey Mandel - lead guitar, from the Rock 'n' Roll Forever album 1972

[laugh1ing]

The Ventures never moved away from Surf Music. It was the core of their work. They did expand to cover other aspects of music. But every concert I've seen always featured surf music.

[filbert331]

yes this is Links song, from 1958. he got that fuzz tone sound by stabbing holes in the speakers........very very cool.

[toba03]

最好的

[carlos45703030]

Great! from the rock and roll forever album, and I think noj¡kie was absent at the time, maybe john durril handled the lead, nice homage to link wray.

[TheZhongzheng]

excellent!

[NativesMC]

The Ventures... AKA - The band you should had play your hit in the first place. Man, is it just me, seems like when The Ventures cover a song... it's so clean and rich sounding. Those dudes are awesome!

[Brighid45]

@NativesMC : truer words! These guys are incredible musicians.

[prodigyofpeace1983]

We sure this is The Ventures. I have almost all of their albums and I don't have this track. What album is it off? It's gotta be with Leon cause the music is too modern sounding. I really don't think this is The Ventures

[bruiser]

It's on their Rock and Roll Forever album. It may have been redone or remastered on a later album as well.

[emerpus01]

@prodigyofpeace1983 I think this is from one of their Japanese albums from the last decade, maybe 'Pops A La Carte' or something. They also covered 'Misirlou' and a beautiful version of 'You Only Live Twice' in that period.

[museack]

I would not call them a "surf" band either, but they re-did many "surf" songs in the 60's to warrant that label whether correct or not.

[101Volts]

The Ventures aren't a surf band. They are known to the public as a "surf" band but they played very few surf songs.

[vieurocker]

yes, this is link wray classic !

[Pali1984]

Great song! Is this a Link Wray song, originally?

[willyjoe3000]

yup.

[Northcarolinian]

Sorry, but I don't know

[RyanReeferBass]

@Northcarolinian Yes it is

[jensenbell]

@Pali1984 - I don't know if you got your answer... but yes. Rumble was a ground breaking song from 1958 by Link Wray and his Wraymen. It was the first distorted rock guitar open/power chord recording. (He pierced the speaker with a pencil!) It was so dangerous sounding that adults had it banned from the radio. The were convinced an instrumental tune would cause violence among teens. (!!!) "Rumble" is the essence of rock n roll.

[TheZhongzheng]

@jensenbell Link Wray was the best!

[jensenbell]

@TheZhongzheng - He's my hero of heroes.

[metalmif]

@Pali1984

jep. 100%. but great cover.

[Pali1984]

@metalmif Yeah! I like the drums! :-)

[metalmif]

@Pali1984

i like all. ;-)

[linkwray22]

@Pali1984

Link Wray and Wray Men

1958

Banned on over a third of the radio stations in America.

"Too suggestive"

Reached # 16.

[Breatherable]

@Pali1984 Yep.

[zed0469]

@Pali1984 ... yes

[sofoui]

@Pali1984 yess

[chuckbyf1]

@Pali1984 Yes

[JohnLeePedimore]

@Pali1984

He recorded it in '58,he's the father of distortion and the power chord