Shayne Wray Hi Shane, do you still have that guitar? Your dad deserves to be the first thing you see when you enter the Rock Ball of Fame. Hopefully he gets there and the most bad ass man in rock history can be honored, and please let that blood stained guitar be shared for the ages.
This is the sound of...walking in to a bar, the coolest vibe is the air you breathe, all your friends are there, and a drink is waiting for you on the bar...
@@richardbranton7396nope. It certainly wasnt ian s father at al. Its norman watt roy i think talking to his brother or dad. He was playing with john turnbull in some shite band at the time and, i read…this came on the smelly and by jove Norman Watt-roy at a time of no internet managed to hook upmwith Charley Charles. Monster drummer
@@ichbin4122 if you say so but I read Ian's old man saw Charley on the box with Wray and told Ian ,I don't know you got " certainly not " from ,why would that be
You can hear the ancient rhythms in his songs. They go back thousands of years. To the beginning of time. That's what makes him so great, and so beautiful and so AMERICAN! Jimi Hendrix was also part indigenous native American.
so sick!! i saw link at the horseshoe in toronto in the late 90's... that old guy played for an hour straight without rest... wrap around glasses, a todour that formed into a pony tail down to his waist and a leather jacket !! just the coolest thing i ever saw.... absolute legend
the 70s were where Link released his best long player albums... S/T, Be What You Want & Stuck In Gear. Midnight Lover is the 1st track on the B-side of Stuck In Gear!
this guy is the business, I think he's one of the best musicians of all time, he influenced so many yet he's not very common, yet there, in everything, something he did is there....
For me the 1970's were Link's real flowering. He got cooler as he went. He's playing jazz here, amazing, dude put the bad-ass, one-lunged hillbilly in everything he did.
amazing rock track, link wray amazing performer. poor guy lost his eyesight to measles as a child, and lost a lung while in the army. but amazing guitar player.
I know about the lung but I didnt know about the eyesight? so you are telling me that he was practically blind, by looking at the guy I cant quite believe that.
This is so different than the stuff Link is famous for, so smooth and cool, so very 70s. Shows he was really pretty versatile. And as always, a complete badass. I mean, by this time Elvis was a fat caricature of himself, while Link was, well, look at him. Obviously cool. He should've got Lemmy to play bass with him at some point.
Look up the Winterland show in 1974 with Link Wray. Totally amazing, real dirty tones, but sweet to the ear. Hutch Hutchinson on bass. WOW! One of the best hours of music you will ever see.
Fantastic clip! Very tight and clean sound, great band, and Link's playing here is very smooth. Never seen him playing funky like that. There was something really cool about the 70s, they knew how to mix funk and rock different back then, not like Red Hot Chili Peppers does it today, choppy sounding, much more groovy back in those days.
I've always said that if you distil rock n roll down to its purest essence you'd end up with 3 guys - Steve Marriott, Wilko Johnson, and the incomparable Link Wray. Just superb!
Great. You have to feel like he never got his due. By this time, most of his contemporaries had become oldies acts. He was still making new records that weren't just rehashing what he did fifteen years prior.
I wasn't expecting singing. Better quality mics and speakers probably made it easier to sing louder. This would have been satisfying as an instrumental, but hearing him sing pushed this into the stratosphere.
Fantastic recording, Link was a top bloke and the late great Charley Charles on drums, who was spotted on this broadcast by members of Loving Awareness who he later joined and they went on to become the Blockheads.
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Thanks for posting. Yea my dad was in his prime, theses years
Shayne Wray Hi Shane, do you still have that guitar? Your dad deserves to be the first thing you see when you enter the Rock Ball of Fame. Hopefully he gets there and the most bad ass man in rock history can be honored, and please let that blood stained guitar be shared for the ages.
Your dad was truly awesome. Hard working no messing around. Thanks.
I never heard of Link Wray until I watched a documentary on Native American musicians. I fell in love with him right away! So talented and so cool!!!!
Legend
One of the coolest cats I've ever heard, definitely.
Folks, this is what taste, style, feel, and attitude sound like.
If Link was not the coolest guy that ever walked the earth I sure do not know who was.
i know thats right...
I saw a Neil Young interview where he was asked about being the godfather of grunge. He said it's not me it's Link Wray.
@@bmojo7118 At least Neil's honist
@@bmojo7118 Yup, he also inspired a lot of early punk bands.
I am
This is the sound of...walking in to a bar, the coolest vibe is the air you breathe, all your friends are there, and a drink is waiting for you on the bar...
Link Wray is in the top 1% of rock and rollers.
He invented it : )
Link a legend...also this drummer is KILLING it
Charley Charles from ian dury and the blockheads, legends
I very quickly noticed the drummer being very much in the pocket.... right tight riddim bass cuttin' it up too. Brilliant all round performance
I was thinking the same thing! The drumming is excellent!
Check out another drummer on other live video on UA-cam
The man could play sing and chew gum all at the same time. 😎
With one lung
And closed eyes
You forgot KICK ASS
Respects to the drummer and bass.
Should have been a Hall of Famer a long time ago. I can’t believe he’s not there. Somebody needs to wake up!!!
PLEASE !!!
He's too good for it. Like a lot of people. The hall of fame is a joke
Somebody should start a MUSIC hall of farmland induct only the forgotten!
Farmland should be Fame LOL
Now you know why Jerry Garcia wouldn't show for his own induction.
Just shows the HOF is irrelevant
Wow !!!!! I’m so late knowing who Link was Damn now I’m a fan forever 👍👍
That rhythm section! The drummer and bassist are so damn tight!
what a funky drummer!
I love this song
Charlie Charles, in'it ! Later to join Ian Dury and the blockheads
this man is the king. period. one of the finest and most influential guitar heroes ever lived.
great performance.... the drummer is phenomenal, RIP charlie
Ian's dad was watching this and called him and told him that's the drummer you need
@@richardbranton7396 it was Norman’s dad…in the conservatory, with a spade
@@frlango6082 supposed 2 b a joke ?
@@richardbranton7396nope. It certainly wasnt ian s father at al. Its norman watt roy i think talking to his brother or dad. He was playing with john turnbull in some shite band at the time and, i read…this came on the smelly and by jove Norman Watt-roy at a time of no internet managed to hook upmwith Charley Charles. Monster drummer
@@ichbin4122 if you say so but I read Ian's old man saw Charley on the box with Wray and told Ian ,I don't know you got " certainly not " from ,why would that be
Link Wray was an indigenous native American. I'm just discovering him. Drawn in by probably his greatest hit: RUMBLE.
Shawnee.
You can hear the ancient rhythms in his songs. They go back thousands of years. To the beginning of time. That's what makes him so great, and so beautiful and so AMERICAN! Jimi Hendrix was also part indigenous native American.
Yes, 'Rumble' ... and 'Fallin' Rain' (1971).
so sick!! i saw link at the horseshoe in toronto in the late 90's... that old guy played for an hour straight without rest... wrap around glasses, a todour that formed into a pony tail down to his waist and a leather jacket !! just the coolest thing i ever saw.... absolute legend
Here's the recipe for ultimate cool---1 part Stevie Ray Vaughn, 1 part Joey Ramone, 1 part Lou Reed, 1 part Elvis. Remove a lung. Viola!
Until recently, I never realized how good Link Wray was. He was quite a smooth and subtle player with a lot of feel-as this performance demonstrates.
Link Wray is the greatest! Charlie Charles on drums was equally awesome!
Yeah, Give the Drummer some!
Link Wray, sadly missed, RIP.
Fantastic film...Link sounds great and that drummer is one of the finest i've heard.
Only just discovered Link Wray from a guitar lesson, this guy was awesome and coolness personified.
Saw this years ago late night on BBC 4 UK tv & was mesmerised. I now come back to it here every other few months & still get the same effect.
That rhythm section blows me away
They are solid!
70's Groove..... Great Era for Link Wray to have traveled through....
the 70s were where Link released his best long player albums... S/T, Be What You Want & Stuck In Gear. Midnight Lover is the 1st track on the B-side of Stuck In Gear!
Love this album... stuck in gear and also bull shot🚀
this guy is the business, I think he's one of the best musicians of all time, he influenced so many yet he's not very common, yet there, in everything, something he did is there....
Drumming, Itis fantastic nothing compares. The best !!!!
I think this is the best song to listen to riding home at midnight taxi through the night lights of the city… Link Wray is the best
Wow! I’m so happy to hear this beautiful MUSIC!!!!
At 46 i just discovered this, holy crap
absolute top classic tunes ....lyrics and performers , thanks for posting .
Unforgetable Guitarrist! R.i.p Link!
From 50s Rockabilly to 70s Soul...wow.
the feel of his rhythm. Chords or individual notes... is unique and magical. He's my favorite guitar player.
The drummer is slick.
Retro Fuzzy Guitar- with a smooth jazzy touch almost progressive in my Mind!!!
The drummer is actually Charlie Charles who went on to become Ian Dury's drummer
sorry to hear that
He is an amazing drummer 👌❤🖤💖
with a name like Charlie Charles, how couldn't you be smooth! haha
Good drummer
This has been one of my favorite cuts by Link for over 36 years.
So underrated but what a damn fine guitar player. One of America's best, if not the world.
I saw him in Ann arbor great show
Link sounds like Jimi Hendrix when he uses the whammy bar. This song has a haunting tone that really reminds me of Hendrix.
For me the 1970's were Link's real flowering. He got cooler as he went. He's playing jazz here, amazing, dude put the bad-ass, one-lunged hillbilly in everything he did.
Tune drumming on point link is killing it
What a great song. Had no idea Wray was that versatile. That's some smooth licks he's got there, so different from songs like Apache or Rumble.
He was not blind!
I am friends with daughter and family
Drummer is Funky Tight.
Dinky Flange on drums
What a legend..he was sooo good. Less is more. A real natural. Love his his stuff with Robert Gordon..nothin' beats Flying Saucers Rock and Roll..
amazing rock track, link wray amazing performer. poor guy lost his eyesight to measles as a child, and lost a lung while in the army. but amazing guitar player.
I know about the lung but I didnt know about the eyesight?
so you are telling me that he was practically blind, by looking at the guy I cant quite believe that.
Ante CRO no he was not blind at first.
so he became blind later in his life?
Ante CRO yes he did poor guy
The Old Grey Whistle Test always comes through. What a song, what a guy.
I saw this the first time the other day, must be the 10th time I've come back, simply great.
Super cool to see footage of a future Blockhead playing with the legend Link Wray
This is so different than the stuff Link is famous for, so smooth and cool, so very 70s. Shows he was really pretty versatile. And as always, a complete badass. I mean, by this time Elvis was a fat caricature of himself, while Link was, well, look at him. Obviously cool. He should've got Lemmy to play bass with him at some point.
Yes it sounds like Boz Skaggs or Steely Dan doesn't it?
Elvis was into drugs, Link was clean
Lemmy would’ve wanted to steal the show from him
Look up the Winterland show in 1974 with Link Wray. Totally amazing, real dirty tones, but sweet to the ear. Hutch Hutchinson on bass. WOW! One of the best hours of music you will ever see.
Helium Road
Underrated tune 🎸🎵
very good..........................................................................................................................
This is the smothered pork chops of rock.
+cttxlv lawdy ain't that the stone cold truth
Fantastic clip! Very tight and clean sound, great band, and Link's playing here is very smooth. Never seen him playing funky like that. There was something really cool about the 70s, they knew how to mix funk and rock different back then, not like Red Hot Chili Peppers does it today, choppy sounding, much more groovy back in those days.
Link is the epitome of cool the epitome of Rock n Roll. He did it all his way no compromise.
Brilliant man, brilliant song, brilliant feel. But that rhythm-section, man! Violent shivers up and down the spine.
I am totally obsessed. Magic Native pain love beat.
This drummer has a good touch!
Nice cymbals work.
Dude had a good voice. Should have sung more!
Danimal300zx Yeah and he sang that well with only one lung!
had only 1 lung
Agree with you!!!
He lost one lung to TB so he had to restrict his vocals.
Especially like his singing on "Falling Rain"
Loved his singing here. REALLY fits the groove.
I was looking thru Link Wray videos, not finding any vocals. Thought maybe he did only instrumentals - this is great!
Great drumming.
I've always said that if you distil rock n roll down to its purest essence you'd end up with 3 guys - Steve Marriott, Wilko Johnson, and the incomparable Link Wray. Just superb!
Quo Vadis really. That’s wat distilled r&r would b. REALLY
Beautiful, music speaks for itself
john greaves on bass, of henry cow, national health & so on.
Thanks
I remember seeing Link Play in Camden, Town London at the Electric Ballroom. Absolutely brilliant, cool cat...
Great. You have to feel like he never got his due. By this time, most of his contemporaries had become oldies acts. He was still making new records that weren't just rehashing what he did fifteen years prior.
Link is unique, but that rhythm section. Fuck me!
This is so Badass!!! Link was awesome!!!!
Sure glad to find this gem.
The BASS also folks ..just listen to it 👍👍👍
You will always be my midnight lover!
Cool and steady, in charge. Legend.
Native American. Just found him after at least 400 years. Thanks for synthesis.
Man that drummer yeah wow what a band.
Desde que la conocí, se convirtió en mi canción favorita ❤
What a cool cat, amazing
Love this guy. Makes it all sounds so easy.
This is freaking great.
he's like the embodiment of cool
What a funky funky Groovy tune
I wasn't expecting singing. Better quality mics and speakers probably made it easier to sing louder.
This would have been satisfying as an instrumental, but hearing him sing pushed this into the stratosphere.
Not quite my style but the sound of that high hat and snare had me glued.
What a fantastic band!!!
One of the most bizarre things here must be John Greaves on bass. From the arch iconoclastic noodling of Henry Cow to backing up Link Wray!
just great!!
Very versatile singer/player doing this and rockabilly naturally.
You can tell a great performer by the way they own the stage, just by standing there. No need to jump around to command a presence.
I like the carrier bag next to the amp. Rock n roll!
Here because of Jason and the Scorchers. Respect Link Wray
he sings and play soo good and cool! Great!
I did not even know about Link Wray until I heard his music
Wonderful guy, great performance by all.
I like to think when Link looks back at Charles during the drum solo part, it's in appreciation.
im lovin' that guitar! yamaha sg-2 'screaming red'
Fantastic recording, Link was a top bloke and the late great Charley Charles on drums, who was spotted on this broadcast by members of Loving Awareness who he later joined and they went on to become the Blockheads.
Great info, didn't know that !
You are a lucky man your Dad phenomenal 😎👍
That's real badass right there.
Eddie Hazel meets Bill Withers and Isaac Hayes! Love it.