Link Wray - Rumble

This video is from Link Wray: The Rumble Man DVD.

The first ever DVD to feature one of the most influential guitar players of all time, the mighty Link Wray.

Some of music's most famous names have been in thrall to the guitar playing of Link Wray. Bob Dylan proclaimed Link's song "Rumble" as "the best instrumental ever".

Other's that claim to have been influenced by the great man include The Who, Neil Young, The MC5 and The Stooges.

Wray has been performing and recording since the 1940's and enjoyed a U.S. million selling single with "Rumble" in 1958. He is still touring to this day, playing to a loyal following.

Filmed during Link Wray's UK tour of 1996, The Rumble Man is a mix of live footage and documentary featuring an extensive interview with the man himself. The Godfather of dangerous guitar talks openly about his life, his music, the army and his collaborations and friendships with an array of stars including Hank Williams, Tex Ritter, Gene Vincent and Elvis Presley.

The classic track "Rumble" is performed by Link and his band, along with his own unique versions of standards such as "Jailhouse Rock", "Rawhide" and "King Creole".

Purhcase the DVD from www.cherryred.co.uk/dvd

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[Taped0uT1]

He literally invented bad-ass. If not who else?

[moondog50002000]

you gotta be a bad motha fugga to get a song banned from the radio and there is not a single lyric in the song. thats tough !!!!! like if you agree

[ohtara1211]

whether he invented the power chord or not is beside the point. as was mentioned, the're so simple they probably invented themselves. Link combined them with his tonal techniques, and composed a deceptivly simple song in a way that had not been done before. He "invented" a new sound. It's been mimicked by more noted guitarists than there's room for here. He had a Billboard # 16 hit when gritty rock & roll was almost unheard of. (Volere was the #1 song in 1958) shame on U R&R Hall of Fame!

[SpaceBambino]

@Taped0uT1 lead belly. he was bad ass

[YTOnceAgain]

@Rosieisapunk1200 you don't know what a power chord is, do you? link CANNOT be the inventor of the power chord, as it's something so basic that it probably was "invented" a couple of hours after the first multi-stringed instrument was built. I bet there's a lot of power chords in lute music from the Middle Ages... they just weren't called power chords.

Note: You don't have to know a lot about music theory and history to rock & roll... but then you'd better not talk too much about it

[Rosieisapunk1200]

Wikipedia is trying to discredit this legend saying he didn't invent the power chord. Every Link Wray fan please go listen to "Cotton Crop Blues" and "How many more years" and tell me if the power chords on those 2 songs can match this. Maybe it's just me but the distortion on those 2 songs isn't loud enough to challenge Link's influence and innovation. Nothing against those guys though they're cool

[Secure81]

One of the only people more badass than Keith Richards haha, great song, sort of reminds me of Fuck You Blues by The Electric Flamingos

[WhitstableWilliams]

I was at this gig! Link is The Legend.

[wmprokipchak]

@BloodShotNow=yeah good call=seeing Jimmy play air guitar to the spinning 45 of Rumble!

is there a simpler song with LESS chords that was indestructably thrilling to hear 20 years after the fact in 78 in THIS video.. 53 yrs later to now 2010.. that can be seemingly slowed way way down & somehow STILL be great to listen to..a showcase for the power of nuances or the players wringing physically sounds out of his axe (not via effects boxes)..and makes anyone want to pick up their air guitar RAWK

[spacepatrolman]

@karonhiio1992 Jim Reiken a dj on wfdu always sez he is the greatest guitarist

[BostonRocker51]

Killer riff, from the hands and mind of a Master.

He really shows the raw power of an electric guitar...

[BloodShotNow]

@disciple456 Jimmy Page( The Dude that wrote Stairway & Kashmir) played this song on camera and said how much it influenced him on a Documentary with Jack White & The Edge. It's called It might get loud.