VOTE FOR LINK WRAY IN THE 2014 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME’S ONLINE FAN POLL
Link Wray. Father of the POWER CHORD. Creator of Distortion. Punk, heavy metal, grunge, garage, real rock guitar…it all started here.
Link Wray was the first to use intentional distortion in a rock and roll recording.
Link Wray is credited with inventing the POWER CHORD, the “modus operandi” in rock and roll.
Link Wray has been inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, Washington (DC) Area Music Association, Southern Legends Hall of Fame and many more.
Link Wray has been featured in the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the Native American Indian “Up Where We Belong” exhibits in both Washington DC and New York City.
Link Wray has been named as one of the 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS by Rolling Stone magazine.
Link Wray’s music has been featured in such television and film as PULP FICTION, INDEPENDENCE DAY, DESPERADO, THE SOPRANOS, BLOW and countless others.
Link Wray has influenced the likes of Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Iggy Pop, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, Dan Auerbach and countless thousands of other musicians the world over.
Link Wray is honored at his hometown of Dunn, NC with the annual “Link Wray Music Festival,” an event held in May of each year on the weekend of his birth.
“Link Wray Day” has been declared by Governor’s Proclamation in the states of Maryland and North Carolina.
Link Wray’s seminal instrumental “RUMBLE”, having met the criteria of being “culturally, historically or aesthetically important and/or inform or reflect life in the United States” was selected to be in the National Recording Registry, housed in the Library of Congress, in 2008. Less than 40 rock and roll songs have been so honored. (all from http://www.linkwray.com/
Here are some more reasons why you should take time out of your busy day to get Link Wray the place he deserves in the rock Hall Of Fame..
Comanche
Dance Contest
Slinky
New Studio Blues
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
Comanche
You can sit around and complain that Link should have been in the Hall about a decade ago or you can take the time to help fix the injustice of it all and get him in this year. I understand how it’s not “right” that he’s been ignored, I get it but I also understand that ‘WE” have the power to vote him in…..so RT, Facebook, tumbler reblog, do something that helps spread the word and Vote…..
