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| From | Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Link Wray - RIP |
| Date | Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:29:11 -0800 |
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On Jaimie Vernon wrote:
> Guitarist Link Wray, who was said to have invented the power chord, the
> major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, has died in Copenhagen. He
> was 76. A native of Dunn, N.C.
My family was living in Dunn when The Rumble was released in 1958.
It was all over the radio. Wray was already a local legend, as he &
his brothers
had local groups until moving to Norfolk, VA in the early 50's. My much older
half-brothers - as kids - had seen a Wray band perform and referred to them as
"those crazy Lumbees" (the Wrays were part indian, Lumbees were the
indeginous tribe & tho Wray claimed to be part Shawnee or Cherokee,
most locals assumed Lumbee).
Dunn was a WILD place. A dry. Baptist county, thus lots of bootlegging (the
Harnett county sherriff's brother was #1). I remember that for years there was
a 10 mile stretch of Interstate 95 that stood alone 10 miles from Dunn (ie
built as one of the first sections but never tied into the system) which became
a pime drag racing spot in early 60's. My brother totaled our Studebaker
Champion on that road to nowhere.
- michael
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