Biography

North Carolinan guitarist Link Wray began his recording career in the 1950s as a country musician, but was written into the annals of history in 1958 via his groundbreaking single "Rumble." An electric guitar instrumental featuring Wray's distorted tone and aggressive style, it paved the way for everything from surf to heavy metal. Wray staged various comebacks in the ensuing decades, including a partnership with neo-rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, but "Rumble" remains his most iconic moment. He passed away in November of 2005.

Top Tracks

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• Ace Of Spades

• Ain't That Lovin' You Babe

• Batman Theme

• Be What You Want To

• Beans And Fatback

• Big City After Dark

• Bo Diddley

• Climbing A High Wall

• Days Before Custer

• Deuces Wild

• Hang On

• Hidden Charms

• I Got A Woman

• If This Is Wrong

• I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud

• In The Pines

• Jack The Ripper

• La De Da

• Law Of The Jungle

• Little Sister

• Lonesome Train

• Motor Biking

• Mr. Guitar

• Mustang

• Oddball (rumble)

• On The Run

• Pancho Villa

• Radar

• Ramble

• Raw Hide

• Raw-hide

• Rebel Rouser

• Rendezvous

• Right Turn

• Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes

• Rockabilly Boogie

• Rumble

• Rumble [#}

• Run Chicken Run

• Scatter

• The Black Widow

• The Shadow Knows

• The Swag

• What A Price

Discography

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• White Lightning: Lost Cadence Sessions '58

  Sundazed

  2006

• Barbed Wire

  Ace

  2000

• Walking Down a Street Called Love

  Cleopatra

  1997

• Shadowman

  Ace

  1997

• Born to Be Wild: Live in the U.S.A. 1987

  Line

  1995

• The Swan Demo's 64

  Hangman

  1989

• Good Rockin' Tonight

  Ace

  1982

• Bullshot

  Line

  1979

• Beans and Fatback

  Virgin

  1973

• Be What You Want To

  Acadia

  1972