Music critic Manabu Yuasa spoke about this on the radio. He said, "When John Lennon and Yoko were at the airport, they passed ...

In an effort to help Link Wary get elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach has just released the guitar pioneer's never-before-heard track "Son of Rumble" via his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest batch of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees has plenty of chart-topping household names, including Kiss, Nirvana and ...

When Link Wray recorded "Rumble" in early 1958, most rock-and-roll guitarists were doing everything they could to avoid distortion. Wray did the opposite, unabashedly leaning into it and, in the ...

If you’ve never heard of the seminal American rock guitarist Link Wray, his Wiki page is here. By way of remembering Wray, who died four years ago yesterday, I thought I’d share with you the below, ...

Born in 1929, Link Wray made some of the most blistering rock 'n' roll of all time. So why isn't he in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet? Initially signed to Cadence Records, Wray -- who was born ...

A sequel to Link Wray‘s rock classic “Rumble,” dubbed “Son of Rumble,” has been unearthed, with Black Keys singer Dan Auerbach‘s Easy Eye Sound label set to release the track in April. The ...

Link Wray, 76, an early rock guitarist best known for his menacing sound on songs such as "Rumble" and "Jack the Ripper" and who boasted that his music "has always represented something screaming, ...

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin paid homage to guitarist Link Wray and inducted him posthumously into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by performing his 1958 hit “Rumble” during the induction ceremony.

After Link Wray failed to make it in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, last week the rockabilly legend was again nominated for induction. And this year his daughter says she likes his chances.

Link Wray, the electric guitar innovator who is often credited as the father of the power chord, died earlier this month at his home in Copenhagen, apparently of natural causes. He was seventy-six. He ...

Guitarist Link Wray, who was said to have invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, has died in Copenhagen. By Billboard Staff Guitarist Link Wray, who was said to ...