Sadly he died april 30 2024, a musician my father liked and we sat in the basement playing his records while i was a young kid in the early 70's, freight train was my favorite tune of eddys.
Duane Eddy's the best guitarist known to man. I followed him from day one of his career!!! Super fantastic guitarist. No one could beat him. I love the song Rebel Rouser!!!
I love this song by Duane Eddy. He's my all time guitarist. Second guy I love is the drum soloist. I studied drums for 3 years. And we can't forget the Sax player outstanding. This song is phenominal!!!
This is probably my all time favorite record of the many I bought when I was young and collecting every top 45 of the week. It never fails to cheer me up when I am down. I listen to it over and over, and never tire of hearing this peppy, happy song.
@@lescobrandon3047 Ha ha Ken, aam just a wee whippersnappef! Geat we share the same love ov the old times whdn music was played by real people on real instruments.. with no distortion or the dreaded autotune! can you remember watching the turntable bounce up and down on springs when the next Shellac 78 dropped down onto the deck! Magic when I Was 10yrs old.. My Father bought April love.. Pat Boone.. songs by Patti Paige.. THE COTTON SONG by Chas McDevitt, then I got older and played Duane Eddy, Bert Weedon, The Shadows.. who are still my favourites.. 60yrs later!! I salute you Sir for defending your Country, I was a deep shaft coalminer from my school desk at 15 yrs old in 1959. We both risked our lives for our Country. Cheers Buddy!
HIGH PIT WILMA - In my day, we brats were deluged with early Rock And Roll, long before the Roll part was left out. Bill Haley and the Comets, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry... I have a lot of it on digital to keep me back in High School at any time. Later in my first car with my lady of the day, Johnny Mathis on 8 track which ran over and over while we er talked. As for defending my country, well my intended bride cut me out when it was obvious that I would be headed for either Korea or Germany or a new battle zone called Vietnam. Instead, the Army sent me to Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. I had more defending my country when I spent 34 years in police work.
On this day in 1958 {December 26th} Duane Eddy performed "Cannonball" at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in N.Y.C. At the time the song was at #31 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and thirty-two days earlier on November 24th, 1958 it peaked at #15 {for 1 week} and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #22 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart... Was track five of side one on his debut album, 'Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel'... Four other tracks from the album also made the Top 100 chart; "Moovin' N' Groovin" {#72}, "Rebel Rouser" {#6}, "Ramrod" {#27}, and "The Lonely One" {#23}... Duane Eddy will celebrate his 77th birthday in four months on April 26th {2015}...
There are to many " the greatest guitarists" I couldn't chose. Jerry reed, steve vi, roy clark... and on. But the one I enjoy to watch the most is chet atkins. He makes it look so effortless. He's that good.
