What a joke the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame [sic] is. They take the fame part of it way too seriously. They all but ignore the rock 'n' roll part of it, and rock 'n' roll is not a game of numbers, in fans, records sold, press ink or dollars. This year Stevie Nicks was inducted for a second time, once as a member of the Fleetwood Mac, and this year as a solo artist. Rock 'n' roll? I think not.
Link Wray is not in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame [sic]. The man had more rock 'n' roll under his fingernail than Stevie Nicks has had in her entire career. If he never recorded anything but "Rumble" he'd still be a no-brainer, that is if this so called Hall lived up to its name. Fuck record sales, fuck numbers, fuck the hall.
Link Wray is not in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame [sic]. The man had more rock 'n' roll under his fingernail than Stevie Nicks has had in her entire career. If he never recorded anything but "Rumble" he'd still be a no-brainer, that is if this so called Hall lived up to its name. Fuck record sales, fuck numbers, fuck the hall.
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Listen:Link Wray - Rumble mp3 at California Girls (?)
Link Wray - Oddball mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Link Wray - The Fuzz mp3 at Record Brother
Link Wray - Ace of Spades mp3 at Kogars Jungle Juice
Link Wray - Tijuana mp3 at Ray Carram (?)
Link Wray - Comanche mp3 at RocknDog
Link Wray - Comanche (alternate nix) mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban Promo 45
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I understand Miles Davis is in as well. I've searched the internet but cannot find his version of 'Louie Louie' or 'Satisfaction' anywhere. Stevie Nicks is a joke--period. And Fleetwood Mac after the departures of Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, and Bob Welch doesn't rate at all.
You're right about Fleetwood Mac. Hate 'em. I actually saw them with Peter Green just a month or two before he left the band (giving away my age there). I'd never heard them before, they seemed to be in the Bluesbreakers vein to my teenage ears. They were sandwiched between the two bands that I went to see, Deep Purple and opener Rory Gallagher. Shit, now that I think about it, that was my first concert ever!
You've probably seen it, but if not, here's a pretty darn good recent essay about Wray in the Oxford American:
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1630-mystic-chords
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