RIP Duane Eddy

[Michael_ Gee]

First of the great rock and roll guitarists dead at age 86. Rumble, Rockin' Rebel, the Peter Gunn theme (his version, Mancini wrote it). He sure could play.

 

[garrow]

Helluva long career and life. Early collaborators with Lee Hazlewood....married to Jessi Colter before she was with Waylon.....and later teamed up with Art of Noise (!). RIP.

 

[jackfinarelli]

Forty Miles of Bad Road was a great song.

RIP

 

[TigerVols]

Helluva long career and life. Early collaborators with Lee Hazlewood....married to Jessi Colter before she was with Waylon.....and later teamed up with Art of Noise (!). RIP.

I didn’t know that; and I knew Jessie Colter!

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Helluva long career and life. Early collaborators with Lee Hazlewood....married to Jessi Colter before she was with Waylon.....and later teamed up with Art of Noise (!). RIP.

Been a hot minute since I last thought of Art of Noise. I always assumed that was a sample.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Forty Miles of Bad Road was a great song.

RIP

Great song title too.

I was working at a little newspaper years ago when the public library nearby held a used-book sale. In the rack of old LPs was Duane Eddy's "$1,000,000 Worth of Twang." I probably paid $1 for it. The gang in the newsroom had a yuk or two when I showed it off.

 

[maumann]

Instrumentals in the Top 40 have become extinct, which is too bad. Sometimes a well-written melody by itself is way better than banal lyrics.

RIP, Mr. Eddy. Your sound was unique.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Interesting (?) bit of instrumental trivia: Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" and Link Wray's "Rumble" were both released in the spring of 1958, "Rumble" on March 31 and "Rebel Rouser" in May (per Wikipedia).