Song of the Week: Jack the Ripper
Link Wray and his Ray Men
Jack the Ripper
It’s cold and summer seems a long, long way away. But don’t worry, boys and girls, we can use our imaginations! Just stick on some surf music courtesy of Link Wray and you’re instantly hanging out on a sunny California beach in 1961 (if not a hot, crowded and dingy basement bar full of cool dudes wearing black leather jackets and curled lip sneers).
‘Jack the Ripper’, Link Wray and his Ray Men, 1961
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January 7th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
That’s so up my street it’s almost blocking the road – cult films meet burlesque a go-go sounding..I’ve got a pair of shoes just like that, and he’s playing a Danelectro guitar – so am I in my new proflile pic
*goes cross eyed and faints*
PS would’ve chipped in earlier but Firefox wouldn’t play it – well worth the wait though…
January 8th, 2009 at 9:52 am
That’s some response! I do like your turn of phrase.
I found this on an Ace compilation The Birth of Surf.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Birth-Surf-Various-Artists/dp/B000PATZQ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231408308&sr=8-1
The rest of the CD is more conventionally surfy, like the Ventures, Dick Dale etc., but has some top sounds.
And don’t you think that any right thinking indie guitar band would kill of a guitar sound like Link Wrays?
January 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I’ll have a nosey round for that album – have you checked out The Fabulous Wailers..for much more of the same..Wailing is a belter
http://mod64.blogspot.com/2007/04/fabulous-wailers.html
It’s dead easy to get the same sound just pay around £150 for on of these
The offset ones at the bottom are best (I’ve got one in peach)
http://danelectroguitars.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Retro_Axes_Unlimited.jpg_4-0707.9645532_std.jpg
January 8th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I haven’t heard of them PM, but will have a listen.
And as for the Danelectros I’m truly impressed by the range of colours available. When I meet the devil at the crossroads and obtain some semblance of musical talent I may well buy one.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
You’ll love The Wailers
Here’s ‘Wailin’ by them
http://www.divshare.com/download/5015021-73b
Out of all my guitars (about 15 or 16) the Dano’s are easily the best value pound for pound – and look at this list of players they’ve got some real pedigree – Beck, Jimmy Page, Syd Barret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Danelectro_players
January 9th, 2009 at 4:11 am
Very cool. Definitely puts me in the right mood. I wish I could head to the beach. I’m ready for warmer weather. It’s been so cold, windy & rainy here this week. I need a pick me up.