Tuesday, August 4, 2015

BINGE ON TWANG

It's a trade off. One one hand you have Duane Eddy and his signature twang. Timeless, ever so cool, badass. On the other hand you have the hit and miss quality of his material, the backing vocals in particular. They always sound corny. Though part of it is the lyrics. But even with the corniest lyrics ever, Darlene Love could very well be one exception. She could sing phone book listings and sound good and when her vocals come in at about 1:52 in "Your Baby's Gone Surfin'" you get 37 seconds of awesome vocals on a Duane Eddy record. That's extremely rare.

Here's a handful. If you want more, check the last link to three dozen more at the Internet Archive.

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Listen:
Duane Eddy - Stalkin' mp3
at So Many Records, So Little Time
Duane Eddy - Your Baby's Gone Surfin' mp3
at So Many Records, So Little Time with Darlene Love
Duane Eddy - Twistin' Off A Cliff
(streaming) at YouTube
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser mp3
at So Many Records, So Little Time written by Lee Hazelwood
Duane Eddy - Movin' n' Groovin' mp3
at Internet Archive
Duane Eddy - Detour mp3
at Internet Archive
All you can eat:
Duane Eddy - Dozens more mp3s
at Internet Archive Scroll down. In the column on the right where it says "download options" select "VBR MP3". Streaming versions as well.

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