Link Wray - Ace Of Spades

[holstc]

Hah some dickheads think this is Motorhead's Ace Of Spades !!

[imantisocial]

worst version of a motorhead song ever

[migelwma]

@imantisocial its not the motorhead song.......are you serious?!?

[businessgoop]

Chuck Berry invented rock n roll. Link Wray invented hard rock.

[ChrisYonts]

I saw him that year! That bass palyer was so great! He and Link had a great onstage rapport. What a great guy!!!!!!!!!

[ifutureman]

When did he change the name of this song from "Fatback" to "Ace Of Spades"?  Because it's the same song, only in A instead of F#.

[bbbmmmwwwxxx555]

in Pulp Fiction this music was playing in bar.

[wayneiac1789]

no one can claim one king of rock and roll, too many badasses

[Shr3dd3r2k8]

Badass enough to get an instrumental banned from the radio \m/

[ThatDifferentDude]

@Shr3dd3r2k8 What song got banned?

[Shr3dd3r2k8]

@ThatDifferentDude Rumble

[Ocelot1962]

@ThatDifferentDude Rumble--Funny thing about that is it's an instrumental, but the powers that be thought it inspired juvenile delinquency.

[mojostephen]

Elvis was cool, but he wasn't much of a guitarist. Link Wray kicks ass!

[Imptheshrimp]

Bach invented rock 'n roll. You goofs, no one cares who invented rock 'n roll, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you found rock 'n roll.

[sydneydowful]

little richard invented rock n roll :P

[MrItsabeautifulday]

Elvis does not suck, they're both superb artists

[paula123R]

elivis sucks!!! link rules!!!

[mllink]

Why oh why isn't Link Wray in the Rock Hall of Fame!!

[pbateman812]

@mllink let's start a petition... if anyone deserves it, let alone has earned it, it's fucking link wray... goddamned animals

[jimicoop]

Oh HELL yeah!

I got to see the real KING in 2005. Kicking ass until the very end. Even though I'm a total atheist THAT was a religious experience! I BELIEVE!!!!

[stella1973c]

Misread your post, sorry. I've seen DD 4 times, sadly Link only once. Link destroyed Moondogs (Pittsburgh PA) the night I saw him... still get chills. Thank you all for keeping this alive.

Mike

[Tappedmusic]

@stella1973c, I didn't say Dick Dale was dead. i was referring to the time that Elvis, Link and Dick Dale jammed together. Thank you for being one of many that like this music if it weren't for these founders of rock and roll many wouldn't being playing today! Rock on

[stella1973c]

UUUMMM, Tappedmusic, Dick Dale isn't dead...

[charlottewray]

This is so great! Thanks for posting

[stevenhyde1960]

linkwray made elvis look like a bitchh

[termanogue]

It's annoying how people think they have to pick sides when they can enjoy more than one thing. I like link, but I also like elvis too, so I listen and enjoy both. Easy.

[michelesaintthomas]

Link Wray is the GOD of Rock-n-Roll !!!

[Tappedmusic]

@timmmcveigh and luketrash... Elvis, Link and Dick Dale jamming together ripping out shit kicker jams together... 1 night... drinking.. whoring.. and God knows what else for that 1 SPECTACULAR NIGHT? pure magic...... Rock on Gentlemen Rock On!

[timmcveigh1]

link played with elvis, and his kid even has elvis as his middle name, link elvis wray, link was the man 

[jimpster2007]

link is awesome.

[drew23ski]

Are you sure you took your plavix? Bad elvis rocks on

[drew23ski]

Are you sure you took your plavix?

[luketrash]

Ha, I recognized the stained glass windows in the thumbnail. I remember in this same time period Dick Dale played at the M Shop as well. And we had the Delstars from Des Moines as a decent surf rock band as well. Good times.

[XuliusCaesar]

Elvis vs Link.

Elvis would come in wearing a white rhinestone jumpsuit and would adopt a karate stance.

Link would enter the room in jeans and an old t-shirt, look at elvis posing for the girlies, shrug, pull out a .38, and shoot him in the chest.

Link would then walk away wondering why he wasted a bullet on something his swichblade could have handled just as easily.

[brianbu410]

@XuliusCaesar lol, fukn awesome!

[fffffcccckkkk]

looks like the bassist just made it for the gig, after his pickup basketball at the Y.

[donottawaguitar]

nice

[1954tele]

So true MCU12112, however Link , as a graduate of the Neil Young school of Guitar, Link almost single handedly torpedo'd R&R. Don't mean to be critical of any musician but cannot understand how Link and Neil for that matter can stand on stage and bang on the strings without ever fretting a chord or logical progression of notes. Before refuting my assertion just do a search for R&R Hall of Fame show featuring J. Page, Robert Plant & Neil Young. 1st time I have ever seen Plant pick up a guitar.

[mcul2112]

@1954tele well, Neil was a grad of Link's and the rest is bull too. but am gonna spare everyone the discussion.

[KurtCobainof21]

i just discovered Link Wray, and words cannot describe how blown away I am

[mcul2112]

@KurtCobainof21 wicked discovery, eh?

[taildragger51]

Link Wray was DANGEROUS !! They'll never be another original like him. Reminds me of a Native American Johnny Winter here.

[mohawk1020]

really? cause you haven't posted this on 90 other videos

[taildragger51]

@mohawk1020 Sorry ..i don't quite follow your line of thought here...

[gfirefrosting]

This sounds just like a song played in Kill Bill Vol. 1 !

[AlbertMondback]

Awesome.

[doomflares]

fucking heavy

[Rickenbackerpicker]

Just fantastic! ...simple and powerful. RIP Link!

[XuliusCaesar]

R.I.P. Link Wray, the king of rock n roll.

Elvis who?

[handsomevision]

fuck elvis. link invented rock n roll.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision haha you wish! Chuck Berry did and always will!

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision this guy is awesome though. i will agree on that.

[Elesaar27]

@handsomevision fuck yah!!! elvis is full shit. he couldn't rock out to save his farse of a life.

[handsomevision]

@Elesaar27 lets not forget all the crappy movies he made. i saw a concert (on dvd) of elvis and he was doing karate while singing. he was a creepy dude.

[mnmmmmmm]

@handsomevision elvis was more a womanizer than an innovative musician. sooo thumbs up to you dude

[handsomevision]

@mnmmmmmm yup, he rocked the chicks, but that was about it. everytime i listen to rumble i try to place my self back in 57/58 when it first came out. can you imagine how much more hardcore that shit must have sounded back then. way before metal, punk or rock n roll. it still gets me all hyped up.im sure youve heard dueces wild that song is what rock n roll is all about.

[56BUICKRiviera]

@handsomevision He invented heavy metal.

[SonicProvocateur]

@56BUICKRiviera He invented distortion as a matter of fact.

[BloodShotNow]

@SonicProvocateur It;s hard to say who actually invented DIstortion. I watched a documentary where it states that the Beatles invented Distortion, My one friend suggested it was some punk band....

[SonicProvocateur]

@BloodShotNow No, Link Wray was the first to use distortion/overdrive. He poked holes in his speakers to get that sound in 1958. The stones copied him later before they switched to Boogie. Noone can get distortion like that out of a period Fender rig, not even cranked...unless it's broken!

[lewars1912]

@BloodShotNow Lots of people could make claims about who was the first to use distortion and it wouldn't have been invented as such, more likely just overdriven amps, but the first deliberate use of feedback in a recording is said to be by the Beatles "I Feel Fine" (1964).

[mcul2112]

DAMN this RIPS!!

[xz4q18]

The first bit was 'Fatback' by Link Wray being the music to Cramps Sunglasses afetr dark. The lyrics were from Dwight Pullen

[northernRpgLover25]

All three actualeee :)

This is some rolling rock alright! :D

[ultimatebozo]

"Sounds like the Cramps"?lol-maybe that's because Link Wray worked on their first album...

[YYYeahhHup]

Poison Ivy cites Link as a major influence, and she plays like him for sure. But I don't think they ever "worked" together....maybe in some drug-haze dream session...

[fartass23]

hahaha ... did the session take place on the  DRRRUUUUUUGGGGGG TRAIN!

[PoireauMan68]

i love this guy when i was 17 a friend did me a tape of all the best LINK WRAY instrumentals...only one song has lyrics to it. He was raw but he was a genius...his guitar playing is in fact simple but he was a pioneer...I see how the CRAMPS adopted him.

[kman303]

dick dale could take a page from link's book and shut the hell up between songs and just play the guitar.

[XuliusCaesar]

Ya know....people say Elvis was the king of rock n roll...this video suggests otherwise.

[bitchboysi]

Maybe there were more kings... ??

[Psytheslasher]

emperor

[Keijz74]

Heil to the kings baby!

[10racoons]

think you're right

[spooge1234]

@XuliusCaesar niether of these guys were the king of rock and roll. Chuck Berry will always be the king! This guy is awesome though. bu hell never be as good as Chuck Berry.

[handsomevision]

@spooge1234 don't get me wrong i like chuck b and all but rumble is way more hardcore than johnny b or maybelline (2 very good songs). those songs are fun in a cute way. rumble still scares the hell out of me its just so hardcore.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision yeah but you can never top the originator of rock guitar. Link Wray wouldnt know what Rock and Roll was if it werent for Chuck Berry.

[handsomevision]

@spooge1234 chuck was more like wild, bopping, swingy, blues.

What's your favorite song by chuck. did you know he got caught paying hookers to crap on him? dude made videos. thats how he got busted.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision

thats what Rock and Roll started out as cause it came from country and blues. Chuck Berry IS rock and roll. i like ALL of Chuck Berry's songs. he's the reason why i picked up a guitar in the first place. I like ALL of Link's songs as well cause he also had an influence on how i play but i dont consider him to be the greatest. hahaha wow i cant believe you would actually believe that dumb shit.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision

and even if it were remotly true, which it isnt, who cares. what he does on his own time isnt for me or anyone else to judge. Dont get mad that Chuck Berry was the first and the best at what he did and still does.

[handsomevision]

@spooge1234 i saw that shit on t.v.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision yeah but how often is that shit wrong. besides im sure it was somebody trying to frame him for money. I mean come on. its Chuck Berry. those kind of rumors were circulating before there even was internet. You cant believe everything you here.

[handsomevision]

@spooge1234 i just figured that because i like to see women pee on each other maybe he was a little freakier than me. your right, you can never tell if the shit you see on tv is true. but i have heard numerous people claim that stuff.

[spooge1234]

@handsomevision i meant hear

[arifreeman]

@XuliusCaesar

This isn't rock and roll. This is the music that gave birth to metal. 

[XuliusCaesar]

@arifreeman last I checked it was blues and rock that gave birth to metal. It sure as hell wasn't motown!

[ozgribbo]

Definitely not a Fender Jaguar - it seemed to stay in tune

[goastbrane]

haha

[moondevil41]

One of life's regrets is not meeting the man.

I idolize him.

[txmcxlx]

I saw Link Wray in a little nightclub NJ in 1979. He played this tune and was fantastic. They also played Its All Over Now Baby Blue.

[BVW369]

I remember seeing him for the first time on TV back in the '50s in the Milt Grant Show. Channel 5 in Wash,. DC and I still listen to his stuff. RIP Link you will never be forgotten.

[labella8x]

This song was wicked popular in the Syracuse NY area when it came out..All the garage bands covered it and its was pure Rock and Roll and our parents hated it!

[thaibites]

This is the real deal! Fuck Motorhead!

Link Wray is God!

[AntiMercyDude]

go to hell motörhead fuckin rocks just like link wray

[thaibites]

If Motorhead would quit playing with their tampons, maybe they would find time to rock.

Long Live Link!

[Rogasoukidan]

lol wut?

[Keijz74]

I think they both kick ass!

[gallespaul]

motorhead's ace of spades is better

[chriskardos]

It's different.

[ytstain]

Any ideas as to what the make and model of guitar he is playing?

[electraluxx]

I looks like a Mosrite, the type Johnny Ramone, Ventures, Kurt Cobain, MC5 played, with the headstock/neck altered. Who knows?

Link was known for jamming a pencil into his amp before recording to get a raw sound. He was also a gearhead tinker who liked to fool around with stuff. He could just as well made that guitar.

[skagandbone]

looks like a jagstang

[cardboardcity2012]

YAMAHA

[doyle60]

I beleive it's a hagstrom

[noelnothing]

i think its either a tiesco or a kalamazoo

[jackbunny2006]

Hate to break hearts, but Its actually a 70's Yamaha. Link loved that guitar and named it Screaming Red.

[guitarmaniax]

It is a Yamaha model SG-2 circa 1964. Yamaha's version of the Fender Jaguar. Link's had a couple of modifications as well as the Indian bonnet that he painted on the pickguard. After I saw him play at Knitting Factory in Hollywood, I had to find one, first I had to find out the make/model and then looked for about 3 years before I found one. When Link put it up for auction I felt so bad about it that I gave him mine at the Music Box gig. I hope Olive didn't have to sell it for gas money

[jackbunny2006]

I will take guitarmaniax word on the details and stand corrected. I do remember that one of the modifications on Screaming Red was a built in distortion effect that hadn't worked in years. A "hippy friend" from Tuscon had done that work. Awfully nice of you to donate your guitar. I'm sure Olive has pawned it by now but still... you rule.

[guitarmaniax]

Thanks Jack but I don't really rule, Link Ruled! I remember he had put Firebird tuners on it as well(maybe from the Firebird he used in the '60s?). They are really cool, well built and rare guitars. I told the Yamaha rep that they should reissue them but nothing came of it. I figured that Link had given so much to all of us and only gotten ripped off in return, I felt like I had to give something back. Didnt really care if he cherished it or sold it to the Hard Rock or burned it up for heat. RIP

[mcul2112]

No, Jack's right. You fucking rule. Good man...

[Dlif]

I did the same thing. Bought a red SG-3 in late 2007. I liked it so much that I also picked up a red Yamaha bass (the SB-2) from the same era. Long live Link's [music].

[adelski68]

I think it was a Fender Mustang.

[DickStainy]

I saw him on this tour. That bass player was so funny.

[derduke64]

i know this song as 'fatback'... brilliant.

[jackhopemusic]

lol sounds like the cramps - sunglasses after dark, i guess this is where they got the riff from!

[DickStainy]

Duh, guess so!

[CapriceTalia]

WOW i thought this guy would be good BOY WAS I WRONG!!!

[samdavidow]

WOW caprice, maybe your first name should be Jenna

[ACDC666SatrianiVai]

lollage

[CatNika]

The true founder of rock n roll/ metal imo. The guy was like late 60's in this video and could still jam like that, incrdeible! R.I.P Link.

[lemonite1]

i saw him live twice and he rocked da place. to me, he's the real deal.

[ChaChinnngK]

Late 60's is not that old.

[McShamus001]

Link is a god.

[warpedimagination]

I sure as hell hope I rock that hard at that age...

[DickStainy]

If you could EVER rock like Link at any age consider yourself extremely lucky.