There's no source because it was never banned. It's just hearsay, It reached #16 on Billboard's hot 100. That's a monster hit. Dick Clark played it daily on American Bandstand for weeks, Link even made an appearance on Dick Clark's Saturday evening show and played it to a national audience. So the ban is just urban legend. IT NEVER HAPPENED PERIOD
I believe it all started with Wray! Powerful in his simplicity. Passionate to the core. In my mind, as important as Hendrix was in his time. Long live the sound of Wray!
I was fortunate to see Wray in concert and even as an old person he still acted like a "crazy Shawnee!" (Links own words shouted at concerts: "I TOLD YOU I'M A CRAZY SHAWNEE!"). Rest in power, Link 🎸🎶
Ginger Bread Folks were listening to Doo-Wop and Candy Pop, Elvis had just released his first album two years prior. Rock and Roll was a novelty, still.
Was lucky enough to see Link play at some dive bar in DC back in the early 60's, with his drummer and bass. Put on quite a show for me, my friend, and about 15 other people in the bar.
NICE! I swear this is very familiar to me, though I heard this was banned & I was born in ‘64. Do you know if it was ever allowed to be used in a movie?? (Just found out Bobby Howard (protege of Link Wray) was my biological father in 2/2020. I know nothing much about his family & wish I had inherited his talent, only have his hair & vibrato, not his singing voice or range, though. It was quite a shock to find this out!).
@@juliereminiec4937Too easy: Dsus•E ×2; Dsus•A; Dsus•E; Dsus•B7 (strike root then arpeggio); E pentatonic scale down starting at G on first string(12 notes with a long bend at G on sixth string) - repeat. Occasional frill at 12 fret on first and second with third string on 13 fret (every three or four rounds).
That's because Vernon Wray was still recording with an upright bass at this time. He later switched to the electric bass due to the size of the studio they were recording in (which was a converted chicken coop.) There was just no space for a doghouse bass.
@@SgtRock57 G'day Sgt, i just wanted to let you know i was able to find the movie on the computer and what a movie it was :) All stemming from that tune * Rumble. i thank you again for getting the title of the movie for me also. Its quite the older movie in which i did enjoy. Jerry acting the goof ball in alot of the movie. Mostly, i ADORE the older American cars, the punks and of coarse it being a feel good story with Monk coming along at the end saving the day, all in all a good movie. Thank you again Sgt, please take care and be good and again, thanks
The Cramps should have been the first band inducted, as henry rollins says "its a crime that the very first band into the rock n roll hall of fame wasn't the cramps, there is nothing more rock n roll than the cramps" completely agree!!!!
This film clip is from the movie The Delicate Delinquent starring Jerry Lewis. The three hoods you see (in order) are Robert Ivers, Joe Corey (white t shirt) and Richard Bakalyan.
I saw the man play live in Berlin. He comes out on stage, mirrored sunglasses, leather coat almost down to the floor, mumbles "hello Hamburg" and starts the Rumble. Cool as fuck.
Link Wray's all-time great instrumental "Rumble"(1958) An influence on many guitarists, including me!This scene is amazingly...from a Jerry Lewis movie! "The Delicate Delinquent" (1957)Included in the cast, Darren McGavin (old man Parker in "Christmas Story" 1983)and undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano.The bass knuckles hoodlum in the black leather jacket, and with the curl hanging over is face,is Richard Bakalyan. He made a Hollywood career playing bad guys in movie, after movie.The law finally caught up with him in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965)He gets nailed to the cross, as the "good thief", next to Jesus.
@@diomedestydeus3298 thanks! I knew I’d recognized this music, though it was banned & I was born in ‘64! I just asked another commenter if it was used in a movie...not really catching the connection with Jerry Lewis! Thanks for your comment!
@@footcandy Because rumble is a slang term for a gang street fight, and authorities were concerned about juvenile delinquency. A definite overreaction, however, I was a juvenile delinquent, and I turned out all right.
This is the first time people were ever presented with what we call "heaviness" . There's a snarl to this that people had never heard before, even in the extremely early days of rock n roll.
I remember being a small boy in the sixties and seeing hoods like this at local pool hall, I would walk by there real quick! I'm sure they were inspired by this music.
So did I. a few practices on the chords - the picked out B7 and downward pentatonic scale and to make it sound more like the original, playing the strings as low down to the bottom as you can
do you ever go to the music store and just smash it out like link with all the distotion? kids these days would stand there with their mouths open wondering wtf is this
@@fredserver3706 D/D/E then again again to B7....ya got the rumble..simple is best when it's a catchy Melody line...slide to the 12th fret n get the lead....
This tune has something special...is capable of touching the soul deep inside with a mixture of feelings...violence,melancholy,angst...Link Wray...few musicians have the power to stop time and change your perception....no surprise Rumble was banned in airplay,this tune brought people a strong vibe of subversion and a somewhat altered state of consciousness only through music.That is an achievement.
Just learn of him in the 2024 Hall of Fame. Freaking awesome !!! sorry young people but this is good. Dancing music. This is the kind of beat you're looking for on the dance floor when you're 50 plus or other places. So sorry it took me this long to find such great rhythm
Power-chord type things weren't unknown at the time; recalling the mighty Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, who also had a couple of hits around this time
Hard to believe Link Wray isnt in the R&R Hall of Fame......if not for him we would all be listening to the Archies........Tells you how bad and full of BS the Hall of Fame is......Grand Funk isnt there either. The best garage band ever.
Yup. Incredible. Guess it says more about R&RHoF than Link Wray & those who shouldn't be there but is. He invented, or at least popularized the power chord. Shouldn't that be enough? Odd that he died in Copenhagen, Denmark and is buried there, in a crypt. He relocated to Denmark in the early 80s. Wonder what ties he had to Denmark? (which borders Sweden where I live, northern Europe). Maybe no especial ties at all, maybe only love the country...and sure, it's a nice place. Been there many times myself. Most people are easy going.
fuckin who cares about some hall of fame bullshit... it doesn't mean shit if other people recognize what you do. Just enjoy the song regardless of its critical acclaim.
All Hail Link Wray. Only a Shawnee Warrior would come up with such a battle cry! He'd make his guitar sound like the sound of Native Warriors "Whooping" calling in others to join the fight! N that's what this song did and still does . "Neahw" Link "Neahw"