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  • @ShayneWray13
    @ShayneWray13 13 лет назад +540

    Thanks for posting. Yea my dad was in his prime, theses years

    • @thomasfalbo9744
      @thomasfalbo9744 7 лет назад +39

      Shayne Wray Hi Shane, do you still have that guitar? Your dad deserves to be the first thing you see when you enter the Rock Ball of Fame. Hopefully he gets there and the most bad ass man in rock history can be honored, and please let that blood stained guitar be shared for the ages.

    • @arfboucher3855
      @arfboucher3855 3 года назад +14

      Your dad was truly awesome. Hard working no messing around. Thanks.

    • @sandrapowell4072
      @sandrapowell4072 3 года назад +24

      I never heard of Link Wray until I watched a documentary on Native American musicians. I fell in love with him right away! So talented and so cool!!!!

    • @andyhawkins8022
      @andyhawkins8022 3 года назад +7

      Legend

    • @alejandrovilla2615blues
      @alejandrovilla2615blues 3 года назад +13

      One of the coolest cats I've ever heard, definitely.

  • @michaelduvall1964
    @michaelduvall1964 4 года назад +64

    Folks, this is what taste, style, feel, and attitude sound like.

  • @applechoral
    @applechoral 3 года назад +69

    Link a legend...also this drummer is KILLING it

    • @cameronpatrickscott
      @cameronpatrickscott 2 года назад +14

      Charley Charles from ian dury and the blockheads, legends

    • @thekingofelfland3294
      @thekingofelfland3294 Год назад +3

      I very quickly noticed the drummer being very much in the pocket.... right tight riddim bass cuttin' it up too. Brilliant all round performance

    • @craigmackenzie2151
      @craigmackenzie2151 10 месяцев назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing! The drumming is excellent!

    • @bobo3551
      @bobo3551 8 месяцев назад +1

      Check out another drummer on other live video on RUclips

  • @skswig1
    @skswig1 5 лет назад +95

    If Link was not the coolest guy that ever walked the earth I sure do not know who was.

    • @joshuabloodsworth9495
      @joshuabloodsworth9495 3 года назад +1

      i know thats right...

    • @bmojo7118
      @bmojo7118 3 года назад +12

      I saw a Neil Young interview where he was asked about being the godfather of grunge. He said it's not me it's Link Wray.

    • @ichbin4122
      @ichbin4122 2 года назад +2

      @@bmojo7118 At least Neil's honist

    • @sickboy703
      @sickboy703 2 года назад +2

      @@bmojo7118 Yup, he also inspired a lot of early punk bands.

    • @Jonesy1978
      @Jonesy1978 Год назад +1

      I am

  • @deanmatthewclegg28
    @deanmatthewclegg28 3 года назад +46

    This is the sound of...walking in to a bar, the coolest vibe is the air you breathe, all your friends are there, and a drink is waiting for you on the bar...

  • @CircleOfTyrants666
    @CircleOfTyrants666 6 лет назад +47

    great performance.... the drummer is phenomenal, RIP charlie

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 2 года назад +4

      Ian's dad was watching this and called him and told him that's the drummer you need

    • @frlango6082
      @frlango6082 Год назад +1

      @@richardbranton7396 it was Norman’s dad…in the conservatory, with a spade

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 Год назад +1

      @@frlango6082 supposed 2 b a joke ?

    • @ichbin4122
      @ichbin4122 5 месяцев назад

      @@richardbranton7396nope. It certainly wasnt ian s father at al. Its norman watt roy i think talking to his brother or dad. He was playing with john turnbull in some shite band at the time and, i read…this came on the smelly and by jove Norman Watt-roy at a time of no internet managed to hook upmwith Charley Charles. Monster drummer

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 5 месяцев назад

      @@ichbin4122 if you say so but I read Ian's old man saw Charley on the box with Wray and told Ian ,I don't know you got " certainly not " from ,why would that be

  • @Peter-rg4ng
    @Peter-rg4ng 4 года назад +67

    Link Wray is in the top 1% of rock and rollers.

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK 3 года назад +7

      He invented it : )

  • @thelastperfectman4139
    @thelastperfectman4139 5 лет назад +57

    Until recently, I never realized how good Link Wray was. He was quite a smooth and subtle player with a lot of feel-as this performance demonstrates.

  • @stratmanjoe
    @stratmanjoe 5 лет назад +52

    Should have been a Hall of Famer a long time ago. I can’t believe he’s not there. Somebody needs to wake up!!!
    PLEASE !!!

    • @blackwingvalleylover
      @blackwingvalleylover 4 года назад +10

      He's too good for it. Like a lot of people. The hall of fame is a joke

    • @toms4442
      @toms4442 3 года назад

      Somebody should start a MUSIC hall of farmland induct only the forgotten!

    • @toms4442
      @toms4442 3 года назад

      Farmland should be Fame LOL

    • @benkleschinsky
      @benkleschinsky 3 года назад +1

      Now you know why Jerry Garcia wouldn't show for his own induction.

    • @SandyCheeks63564
      @SandyCheeks63564 3 года назад +2

      Just shows the HOF is irrelevant

  • @ep9203
    @ep9203 3 года назад +17

    so sick!! i saw link at the horseshoe in toronto in the late 90's... that old guy played for an hour straight without rest... wrap around glasses, a todour that formed into a pony tail down to his waist and a leather jacket !! just the coolest thing i ever saw.... absolute legend

  • @billlong9606
    @billlong9606 10 лет назад +49

    what a funky drummer!
    I love this song

    • @jasminereynolds5307
      @jasminereynolds5307 9 лет назад +10

      Charlie Charles, in'it ! Later to join Ian Dury and the blockheads

  • @Harlanmote
    @Harlanmote 4 года назад +41

    The man could play sing and chew gum all at the same time. 😎

  • @JesusIced
    @JesusIced 2 года назад +18

    this man is the king. period. one of the finest and most influential guitar heroes ever lived.

  • @jlopez97122
    @jlopez97122 6 лет назад +41

    That rhythm section! The drummer and bassist are so damn tight!

  • @victorformosa228
    @victorformosa228 Год назад +9

    Only just discovered Link Wray from a guitar lesson, this guy was awesome and coolness personified.

  • @MamaJacqueroo
    @MamaJacqueroo 5 лет назад +37

    Link Wray was an indigenous native American. I'm just discovering him. Drawn in by probably his greatest hit: RUMBLE.

    • @jknuttel
      @jknuttel 4 года назад +8

      Shawnee.

    • @clarkewi
      @clarkewi 4 года назад +4

      You can hear the ancient rhythms in his songs. They go back thousands of years. To the beginning of time. That's what makes him so great, and so beautiful and so AMERICAN! Jimi Hendrix was also part indigenous native American.

    • @factsoverfiction7826
      @factsoverfiction7826 3 года назад +1

      Yes, 'Rumble' ... and 'Fallin' Rain' (1971).

  • @FranciscoGarcia-hi3zx
    @FranciscoGarcia-hi3zx 4 года назад +17

    Respects to the drummer and bass.

  • @markmoretzfishing
    @markmoretzfishing Год назад +9

    Wow !!!!! I’m so late knowing who Link was Damn now I’m a fan forever 👍👍

  • @taildragger53
    @taildragger53 14 лет назад +20

    Fantastic film...Link sounds great and that drummer is one of the finest i've heard.

  • @SuperBuckwheat11
    @SuperBuckwheat11 4 года назад +12

    Saw this years ago late night on BBC 4 UK tv & was mesmerised. I now come back to it here every other few months & still get the same effect.

  • @woody816
    @woody816 6 лет назад +27

    That rhythm section blows me away

  • @Davofl
    @Davofl 10 лет назад +19

    70's Groove..... Great Era for Link Wray to have traveled through....

    • @joshuabloodsworth9495
      @joshuabloodsworth9495 4 года назад +2

      the 70s were where Link released his best long player albums... S/T, Be What You Want & Stuck In Gear. Midnight Lover is the 1st track on the B-side of Stuck In Gear!

    • @Davofl
      @Davofl 4 года назад +2

      Love this album... stuck in gear and also bull shot🚀

  • @anomn_feck3387
    @anomn_feck3387 4 года назад +16

    this guy is the business, I think he's one of the best musicians of all time, he influenced so many yet he's not very common, yet there, in everything, something he did is there....

  • @russwaynehoods6834
    @russwaynehoods6834 3 месяца назад +2

    Link Wray, sadly missed, RIP.

  • @ildeuraimundodasilva8230
    @ildeuraimundodasilva8230 8 лет назад +31

    Drumming, Itis fantastic nothing compares. The best !!!!

  • @matthewcusson6451
    @matthewcusson6451 3 года назад +6

    From 50s Rockabilly to 70s Soul...wow.

  • @GhostRider_237
    @GhostRider_237 13 лет назад +5

    i think this is an ideal song for coming back home in taxi from bar being drunk at late night. classic.
    link wray is the man.

  • @christophertaylor9417
    @christophertaylor9417 2 года назад +3

    At 46 i just discovered this, holy crap

  • @doowopper1951
    @doowopper1951 13 лет назад +8

    This has been one of my favorite cuts by Link for over 36 years.

  • @dinodeluca6210
    @dinodeluca6210 5 лет назад +23

    Link Wray is the greatest! Charlie Charles on drums was equally awesome!

    • @BobbLobblaw
      @BobbLobblaw 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, Give the Drummer some!

  • @carloseugeniocarlos4287
    @carloseugeniocarlos4287 4 года назад +6

    Unforgetable Guitarrist! R.i.p Link!

  • @keithdunn926
    @keithdunn926 4 года назад +3

    Retro Fuzzy Guitar- with a smooth jazzy touch almost progressive in my Mind!!!

  • @pipewelda
    @pipewelda Год назад +2

    Wow! I’m so happy to hear this beautiful MUSIC!!!!

  • @krakenturdz
    @krakenturdz 13 лет назад +5

    I saw this the first time the other day, must be the 10th time I've come back, simply great.

  • @quillan7743
    @quillan7743 Год назад +4

    Tune drumming on point link is killing it

  • @mightymartianca
    @mightymartianca 7 лет назад +19

    What a great song. Had no idea Wray was that versatile. That's some smooth licks he's got there, so different from songs like Apache or Rumble.

    • @aquanetnest4709
      @aquanetnest4709 6 лет назад +3

      He was not blind!
      I am friends with daughter and family

  • @yetiswordplay3698
    @yetiswordplay3698 10 лет назад +28

    The drummer is slick.

  • @Corporations8MyBaby
    @Corporations8MyBaby 10 месяцев назад +3

    the feel of his rhythm. Chords or individual notes... is unique and magical. He's my favorite guitar player.

  • @jime6688
    @jime6688 Год назад +2

    Loved his singing here. REALLY fits the groove.

  • @joracer1
    @joracer1 9 месяцев назад +3

    Very seldom things ever get better than this.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 5 лет назад +19

    Here's the recipe for ultimate cool---1 part Stevie Ray Vaughn, 1 part Joey Ramone, 1 part Lou Reed, 1 part Elvis. Remove a lung. Viola!

  • @crismoraes99
    @crismoraes99 12 лет назад +7

    This drummer has a good touch!
    Nice cymbals work.

  • @TheJopor
    @TheJopor Год назад +6

    absolute top classic tunes ....lyrics and performers , thanks for posting .

  • @anthonybate2662
    @anthonybate2662 2 года назад +2

    What a funky funky Groovy tune

  • @TONYFROMRANCHO
    @TONYFROMRANCHO 5 лет назад +5

    This is so Badass!!! Link was awesome!!!!

  • @freeseedfilms
    @freeseedfilms 11 лет назад +44

    The drummer is actually Charlie Charles who went on to become Ian Dury's drummer

  • @skycircle9893
    @skycircle9893 3 года назад +2

    What a legend..he was sooo good. Less is more. A real natural. Love his his stuff with Robert Gordon..nothin' beats Flying Saucers Rock and Roll..

  • @dianamcquaid9619
    @dianamcquaid9619 3 года назад +2

    I am totally obsessed. Magic Native pain love beat.

  • @thescarletandgrey2505
    @thescarletandgrey2505 Год назад +1

    Cool and steady, in charge. Legend.

  • @nitrousninja882
    @nitrousninja882 3 года назад +5

    Link sounds like Jimi Hendrix when he uses the whammy bar. This song has a haunting tone that really reminds me of Hendrix.

  • @lomemarsupial
    @lomemarsupial 9 месяцев назад +1

    Super cool to see footage of a future Blockhead playing with the legend Link Wray

  • @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712
    @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712 10 лет назад +16

    amazing rock track, link wray amazing performer. poor guy lost his eyesight to measles as a child, and lost a lung while in the army. but amazing guitar player.

    • @Gunsmith2584
      @Gunsmith2584 9 лет назад

      I know about the lung but I didnt know about the eyesight?
      so you are telling me that he was practically blind, by looking at the guy I cant quite believe that.

    • @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712
      @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712 9 лет назад

      Ante CRO no he was not blind at first.

    • @Gunsmith2584
      @Gunsmith2584 9 лет назад

      so he became blind later in his life?

    • @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712
      @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712 9 лет назад +1

      Ante CRO yes he did poor guy

  • @henrypym4619
    @henrypym4619 3 года назад +3

    So underrated but what a damn fine guitar player. One of America's best, if not the world.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 4 года назад +8

    For me the 1970's were Link's real flowering. He got cooler as he went. He's playing jazz here, amazing, dude put the bad-ass, one-lunged hillbilly in everything he did.

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 12 лет назад +13

    Fantastic clip! Very tight and clean sound, great band, and Link's playing here is very smooth. Never seen him playing funky like that. There was something really cool about the 70s, they knew how to mix funk and rock different back then, not like Red Hot Chili Peppers does it today, choppy sounding, much more groovy back in those days.

  • @guypierce6323
    @guypierce6323 4 года назад +3

    Beautiful, music speaks for itself

  • @henryfrost8542
    @henryfrost8542 3 года назад +1

    I remember seeing Link Play in Camden, Town London at the Electric Ballroom. Absolutely brilliant, cool cat...

  • @MsAhmebah2000
    @MsAhmebah2000 3 года назад +2

    I was looking thru Link Wray videos, not finding any vocals. Thought maybe he did only instrumentals - this is great!

  • @matthewwilliams7735
    @matthewwilliams7735 3 года назад +4

    Link is the epitome of cool the epitome of Rock n Roll. He did it all his way no compromise.

  • @mikefoster9808
    @mikefoster9808 3 года назад +3

    This is freaking great.

  • @cttxlv
    @cttxlv 9 лет назад +28

    This is the smothered pork chops of rock.

    • @stobbinsboy
      @stobbinsboy 8 лет назад +4

      +cttxlv lawdy ain't that the stone cold truth

  • @rhiannonk9030
    @rhiannonk9030 2 года назад +2

    I wasn't expecting singing. Better quality mics and speakers probably made it easier to sing louder.
    This would have been satisfying as an instrumental, but hearing him sing pushed this into the stratosphere.

  • @BoogieKnight1976
    @BoogieKnight1976 5 лет назад +3

    That's real badass right there.

  • @mesaeddie
    @mesaeddie 7 лет назад +5

    Sure glad to find this gem.

  • @AndyMossMetta
    @AndyMossMetta 8 лет назад +24

    Great drumming.

  • @cheekyberd
    @cheekyberd 13 лет назад +3

    Love this guy. Makes it all sounds so easy.

  • @PeterBreum
    @PeterBreum 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant man, brilliant song, brilliant feel. But that rhythm-section, man! Violent shivers up and down the spine.

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 9 лет назад +46

    This is so different than the stuff Link is famous for, so smooth and cool, so very 70s. Shows he was really pretty versatile. And as always, a complete badass. I mean, by this time Elvis was a fat caricature of himself, while Link was, well, look at him. Obviously cool. He should've got Lemmy to play bass with him at some point.

    • @tacomadc
      @tacomadc 6 лет назад

      Yes it sounds like Boz Skaggs or Steely Dan doesn't it?

    • @simpson-qk6yd
      @simpson-qk6yd 6 лет назад +3

      Elvis was into drugs, Link was clean

    • @Riddickisawesome101
      @Riddickisawesome101 6 лет назад +2

      Lemmy would’ve wanted to steal the show from him

    • @JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et
      @JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et 6 лет назад +3

      Look up the Winterland show in 1974 with Link Wray. Totally amazing, real dirty tones, but sweet to the ear. Hutch Hutchinson on bass. WOW! One of the best hours of music you will ever see.

    • @jamesharan8225
      @jamesharan8225 5 лет назад

      Helium Road

  • @giulioluzzardi7632
    @giulioluzzardi7632 3 года назад +3

    What a fantastic band!!!

  • @dianamcquaid9619
    @dianamcquaid9619 3 года назад +1

    Native American. Just found him after at least 400 years. Thanks for synthesis.

  • @pipewelda
    @pipewelda Год назад +1

    Man that drummer yeah wow what a band.

  • @tonyrice3348
    @tonyrice3348 Год назад +2

    What a cool cat, amazing

  • @rodneysmart9774
    @rodneysmart9774 Год назад +1

    Hall of Fame! Such a badass.

  • @nikolaosmosxakis3395
    @nikolaosmosxakis3395 Год назад +2

    very good..........................................................................................................................

  • @sandrapowell4072
    @sandrapowell4072 3 года назад +1

    You will always be my midnight lover!

  • @neilbillybob3065
    @neilbillybob3065 7 лет назад +37

    Drummer is Funky Tight.

  • @therapy188
    @therapy188 6 лет назад +8

    he's like the embodiment of cool

  • @megaRoryy
    @megaRoryy 13 лет назад +4

    im lovin' that guitar! yamaha sg-2 'screaming red'

  • @michaelv3340
    @michaelv3340 4 года назад +2

    Great. You have to feel like he never got his due. By this time, most of his contemporaries had become oldies acts. He was still making new records that weren't just rehashing what he did fifteen years prior.

  • @CommodusSPQR
    @CommodusSPQR 9 лет назад +12

    I've always said that if you distil rock n roll down to its purest essence you'd end up with 3 guys - Steve Marriott, Wilko Johnson, and the incomparable Link Wray. Just superb!

    • @woody816
      @woody816 6 лет назад

      Quo Vadis really. That’s wat distilled r&r would b. REALLY

  • @Danimal300zx
    @Danimal300zx 10 лет назад +47

    Dude had a good voice. Should have sung more!

  • @marksimonson7111
    @marksimonson7111 Год назад +1

    I saw him in Ann arbor great show

  • @PeterKertesz2013
    @PeterKertesz2013 6 месяцев назад +1

    Underrated tune 🎸🎵

  • @danielcm81
    @danielcm81 12 лет назад +3

    drummer is amazing.

  • @carloseugeniocarlos4287
    @carloseugeniocarlos4287 5 лет назад +1

    he sings and play soo good and cool! Great!

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi 9 лет назад +12

    john greaves on bass, of henry cow, national health & so on.

  • @rainius
    @rainius 3 месяца назад

    Desde que la conocí, se convirtió en mi canción favorita ❤

  • @Meddled
    @Meddled Год назад +1

    One of the most bizarre things here must be John Greaves on bass. From the arch iconoclastic noodling of Henry Cow to backing up Link Wray!

  • @johnbauer-fb6qs
    @johnbauer-fb6qs Год назад +1

    just great!!

  • @jeremymillan
    @jeremymillan 3 года назад +2

    Drummers on point too

  • @airkooled74
    @airkooled74 13 лет назад +1

    Best Link Wray video ever...

  • @ivanshipy1966
    @ivanshipy1966 4 года назад +3

    The BASS also folks ..just listen to it 👍👍👍

  • @xoxb2
    @xoxb2 7 месяцев назад

    I like the carrier bag next to the amp. Rock n roll!

  • @mzaputil
    @mzaputil 11 лет назад +3

    Awesome stuff!

  • @MegaSwan2
    @MegaSwan2 12 лет назад +1

    Fantastic recording, Link was a top bloke and the late great Charley Charles on drums, who was spotted on this broadcast by members of Loving Awareness who he later joined and they went on to become the Blockheads.

    • @Fexobs
      @Fexobs 7 лет назад +1

      Great info, didn't know that !

  • @greglapointe1311
    @greglapointe1311 4 года назад +1

    Love the bass here

  • @miketomlin6040
    @miketomlin6040 5 лет назад +1

    Charlie, so good.

  • @SoawNyce
    @SoawNyce 7 лет назад +2

    my go to. awe of this chill moment.

  • @tpavan
    @tpavan 12 лет назад +1

    WOW! What a piece!!

  • @JoeMode213
    @JoeMode213 6 лет назад +2

    This is honestly incredible!