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Bob Dylan refers to Wray in his song "Sign Language", which he recorded as a duet with Eric Clapton in 1975: "Link Wray was playin' on a juke box I was payin'/ for the words I was saying, so misunderstood/he didn't do me no good" Both Dylan and Bruce Springsteen performed Wray's tune "Rumble" in concert as a tribute to the influential musician upon his 2005 death.
21. Nov. 2005 · Link Wray, the father of the power chord, died in 2005 of natural causes at his home in Copenhagen. He was seventy-six and had a long and influential career in rock & roll, from his banned hit \"Rumble\" to his self-produced albums in a chicken coop.
Link Wray. Fred Lincoln „Link“ Wray Jr. (* 2. Mai 1929 in Dunn, North Carolina; † 5. November 2005 in Kopenhagen, Dänemark) war ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist. Weltberühmt wurde er mit dem Instrumentalstück Rumble, mit dem seine Band Link Wray & His Ray Men 1958 Platz 16 in den Billboard Hot 100 erreichten.
Wray died Nov. 5 at his home in Copenhagen, his family said on his website. Although no cause of death was given, his wife, Olive, and son, Oliver, wrote that the North Carolina native’s...
Nov. 22, 2005. Link Wray, a rockabilly guitarist whose raw sound and inventive techniques influenced musicians from the early days of rock 'n' roll into the punk era, died on Nov. 5 at his home...
21. Nov. 2005 · Gitarrenlegende Link Wray ist im Alter von a6 Jahren gestorben, wie die dänische Zeitung «Politiken» am Sonntag berichtete.
23. Nov. 2005 · November 23, 200512:00 AM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Listen. Guitarist Link Wray died on November 5 at the age of 76. He's credited with inventing the power chord in the 1950s. His first big...
