LINK WRAY (1974) Winterland San Francisco | Full Album | Rock | Live Concert

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Link Wray's live performance at Winterland in San Francisco on November 19, 1974, was broadcast on KSAN 95 FM in San Francisco. Although Wray first became popular in the late 1950s, his music experienced a resurgence in the early 1970s when it was played on FM radio.

Wray was known for his unique guitar sound, which was heavily influenced by the rock and roll and blues music of the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his instrumental song "Rumble," which was released in 1958 and featured a distorted, overdriven guitar sound that was highly influential in the development of rock music.

During his performance at Winterland, Wray played a mix of old and new material, showcasing his distinctive guitar style and raw, powerful vocals. The broadcast on KSAN allowed Wray's music to reach a wider audience, further cementing his place in the rock and roll canon.

In addition to his solo work, Wray collaborated with a number of other musicians over the course of his career, including Robert Gordon, who he recorded several albums with in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Wray continued to perform and record music until his death in 2005, leaving behind a lasting legacy as one of the most influential and innovative guitarists in rock and roll history.


BLUES MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg327ayPHUA&list=PLDEea0KdGDrIAbCcrY5oFK6935EkbPRQj

ROCK MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZkx0sZlnSg&list=PLDEea0KdGDrLNaymHPHKTOREdr05rZJY-

FULL MUSIC PLAYLISTS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClKiaWG2vxj4od8DS_589jw/playlists


0:00:00 - Rumble
0:03:11 - Rawhide
0:05:04 - Good Time Joe
0:09:48 - Walkin' Bulldog
0:13:23 - Backwoods Preacher Man
0:16:24 - Music Man
0:22:00 - In Love With You
0:26:24 - Midnight Lover
0:35:11 - I Got To Ramble
0:41:57 - Mystery Train
0:46:54 - Be What You Want To
0:52:49 - My First Plea (Incomplete)


Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, Wray's first hit was the 1958 instrumental "Rumble". It popularized "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists," facilitating the emergence of "punk and heavy rock".

The record was first released on Cadence Records (catalog number 1347) as by "Link Wray & His Ray Men". "Rumble" was banned in New York and Boston for fear that it would incite teenage gang violence, "rumble" being slang for a gang fight.

Before, during, and after his stints with major labels Epic and Swan, Wray released 45s under many names. Tiring of the corporate music machine, he began recording albums using a three-track studio he converted from an outbuilding on his brother's property that his father used to raise chickens, in Accokeek, Maryland.

He wrote and recorded the eponymously-titled LP "Link Wray" (1971), on which he wrote about his frustrations. The Neville Brothers have recorded two tracks from it, "Fallin' Rain" and "Fire and Brimstone".

While living in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s, Wray was introduced to Quicksilver Messenger Service guitarist John Cipollina by bassist James "Hutch" Hutchinson.

He subsequently formed a band initially featuring special guest Cipollina along with the rhythm section from Cipollina's band Copperhead, bassist Hutch Hutchinson, and drummer David Weber. They opened for the band Lighthouse at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles from May 15–19, 1974.

He later did numerous concerts and radio broadcasts in the Bay Area, including at KSAN and at promoter Bill Graham's Winterland Ballroom venue, with Les Lizama later replacing Hutchinson on bass.

He toured and recorded two albums with retro-rockabilly artist Robert Gordon in the late 1970s.[17] The 1980s to the present day saw a large number of reissues as well as new material. One member of his band in the 1980s, session drummer Anton Fig, later became drummer in the CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Easy Eye released another 45rpm single of newly discovered/unreleased material for RSD 2019, "Vernon's Diamond" b/w "My Brother, My Son". "Vernon's Diamond" was recorded circa 1958-59 and is an early version of "Ace of Spades", and "My Brother, My Son" was recorded at the same sessions as "Whole Lotta Talking" in 1970. https://www.linkwray.com/


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