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If you go back far enough, or ever listen to the real old 'oldies', you will definitely hear Duane Eddy and his 'twangy' guitar.
Eddy's first big single, Rebel Rouser, came out the year I was in 8th grade, 1958. Played at all the parties and sock hops back then. Instrumentals were very popular then, no singing, just the music. And that was one of the biggest back then.
Eddy passed away yesterday, age 86.
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
Thanks for some of the real classics, Duane.
Two of his biggest hits...
Rebel Rouser
Because They're Young
Eddy's first big single, Rebel Rouser, came out the year I was in 8th grade, 1958. Played at all the parties and sock hops back then. Instrumentals were very popular then, no singing, just the music. And that was one of the biggest back then.
Eddy passed away yesterday, age 86.
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
Thanks for some of the real classics, Duane.
Two of his biggest hits...
Rebel Rouser
Because They're Young
