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Link Wray was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer who was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars.
Pete Townshend (The Who) said of him, "He is the king, if it hadn't been for Link Wray I would have never picked up a guitar"
He wasn't one for making hit singles, only ever having 2 hits in America, the track we've included here, and his 1958 hit single "Rumble"