― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Friday, 7 April 2006 05:56 (eighteen years ago) link
MES: "You're alright, Link, man.
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Friday, 7 April 2006 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link
The late Link's bass player from his days in DC, Chuck Bennett, just died.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021803307.html?wprss=rss_metro/obituaries
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
As Chuck Bennett, his stage name, Mr. Avery had been a singer and bass player with Link Wray and the Raymen, a hard-rocking Washington band of the 1950s and 1960s known for the menacing sound it produced on "Rumble" and "Jack the Ripper," songs that influenced hard rock, grunge and punk.
"Chuck had an unbelievable voice and an unbelievable amount of energy, kind of like James Brown," musician Elwood Brown recalled. "He'd glide across the floor, down on his knees; he had great moves."
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm Chuck Bennett's daughter...did you know my dad, curmudgeon, or just because he played with Link?
― stephenye, Friday, 20 February 2009 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm listening to "Be What You Want To" at this very moment.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 February 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
x-post. Sorry I never knew your dad. Read the obit and I thought he deserved some attention.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 February 2009 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
BLANG BLANG BLANG
BLANG BLANG dum B-d-d-ling
dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-new-new-new-new duh
― five six and (man alive), Monday, 24 August 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
it's almost... too... good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00XZFPXPo4I
― niels, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
Holy shit
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
Tick.jpg
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
Here's a tale, from the year he passed as well:
For real: @signifyingwolf & I opened for @Link_Wray in Paris 2005.Rumor was he’d had trouble with the cops & might not make the show.He arrived radiant, right before set time, gave me a fist bump on the way to the stage, & 1 minute into “Rumble” threw his guitar into the crowd.— matt sweeney (@theheavyjamz) May 2, 2019
Link Wray stood with both fists above his head watching his unmanned guitar howl feedback and ride over the churning crowd while the hired band vamped to its screams until it was thrown back into his hands, and Rock’s King ripped the last run of “Rumble” and left the building. 👑— matt sweeney (@theheavyjamz) May 2, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
was listening to the '64 swan demos today, really enjoyed the tenderness of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o81VdufMcr4"my alberta"
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 May 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link