Comments on: Link Wray :: 1971 S/T Masterpeice

By: Aquarium Drunkard » Bobby Charles :: 1938-2009

Aquarium Drunkard » Bobby Charles :: 1938-2009 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:26 +0000

[...] reference to cd/vinyl) but such efforts are more than rewarded from the moment you press play. Like Link Wray’s early seventies albums, Louisiana native Bobby Charles was making and recording music akin to the sounds The Band were [...]

By: chris scobie scovitch

chris scobie scovitch — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:42:24 +0000

There use to be a few times I would hang around with the Berwyn and College Pk. crowd and we use to go crusing down to the district to vinnies to listen to Link Wray Jam back in the early 60′s . I was off the hook .The wildest band I had ever heard . Of course I couldn’t go in ( only 12 yr old , but I would listen to them as if I was inside sitting. It was the coolest music I had ever heard ! To this day I still bang out his song with the power trio I’ve been with for a good while. Link I would have liked to have met you and shook your hand. Here’s to you RUMBLEMAN ! chris scobie scovitch Laurel Md.

By: chris scobie scovitch

chris scobie scovitch — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:30:32 +0000

there were a couple of times I use to hang around with the 16-18 yr old crowd out of berwyn and college park when I was 12 . they would ride down to vinnie’s club and they would tell me to sit in the car and smoke cigarettes and drink soda pop while they went inside and listen to Link. I could hear the band and when they opened the door it was Loud an Rockin. I never foget it and to this day I wail-out on my fender strat with the power trio I’m in. Link Wray had a way of infecting you . The more you listen to it the more you couldn’t get enough of it . chris (scobie) scovitch laurel, Md.

By: Bruce N.

Bruce N. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:08:22 +0000

I Have this album, on the ‘groove’, Link Wray ROCKS!!. “Juke Box Mama”,, Kicks ASS! A BIG YES to Link Wray!

By: notrust

notrust — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:32:38 +0000

If you are down with this record, you really owe it to yourself to check out Dale Hawkins “L.A., Memphis and Tyler, Texas” record which is very similar and just as essential to fans of this type of music.

By: Philco Brothers

Philco Brothers — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:38:14 +0000

Strangely enough I just bought the Robert Gordon with Link Wray CD reissue today. I’m trying to figure out what made me buy this LP nearly 30 (gasp) years ago. It surely wasn’t the cover (or was it ?). One thing is for sure the guitar on Flying Saucers Rock and Roll is still amazing. It reminds me of Robert Quine. I’ve heard Rumble and some other early stuff but nothing sounding like this. I’ll have to check out these tunes as I investigate further.

By: JR

JR — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:53:25 +0000

This really is a great album. I’ve never understood why it’s been under the radar for the past 40+ years. Oh well, maybe that’s for the better. His LP “Beans and Fatback” was recorded during these same sessions and it’s equally brilliant.

By: Aaron Kyle

Aaron Kyle — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:27:12 +0000

This is all I’ve been listening to since you sent it to me..I’m a little obsessed! Such a great record.