The American guitarist passed away at the age of 86 Duane Eddiewho, with his characteristic vibrato, had a fundamental influence on early rock’n’roll, inspiring the style of musicians such as George Harrison And Bruce Springsteen. He died Tuesday of cancer at a hospital in Franklin, Tennessee. Only the first day of May, his wife, gave the news Deed Abbate through New York Times.
His career
Considered among the first guitar hero in the history of rock, he has recorded more than 50 records in his career and has sold over one hundred million all over the world. In 1994 he was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was born on April 26, 1938 in Corning, New York, but raised in Arizona, he began playing the guitar when he was only 5 years old. At 16 he had already formed a small band, Jimmy and Duanewith which he immediately made himself noticed on a radio station in Arizona, where he had moved with his family, to the record producer Lee Hazlewood.
In November 1957, at age 19, he released his first solo single Movin’ n’ Groovin, produced by Hazlewood. The album did not achieve great success, placing itself in the last places of the Hot100. He did it again the following year, when he reached 6th place on the hit parade with Rebel Rouser a pounding song published by Jamie Records of Philadelphia.
The 1950s represented the pinnacle of success for him with instrumental songs that became true icons of an era. Beyond Rebel Rouser also the energetic one Peter Gunn. In the 1970s he moved to California, where he began to focus on his work as a producer and composer of soundtracks and then moved to Nashville in 1986, when he reduced his studio and live commitments, claiming he could live comfortably off the royalties. author’s.
Loved by the Beatles
He was one of the guitarists most loved by Beatlesso much so that after the band broke up, both Paul McCartney That George Harrison they collaborated with him. Paul in the song Rockestra Themeengraved with his Wings in 1978, while the latter played on the 1987 album of the same name which marked Eddy’s return to the recording studio.
His genius
With his playing, Eddy broke new ground in rock music with a reverberant guitar style that became known as twang. It similarly played a critical role in establishing the electric guitar as the predominant musical instrument in rock ‘n’ roll. In his career he has tried his hand at different musical genres, from country to blues to jazz, while maintaining his own style and in the 1960s he often performed with his musical group The Rebels.
To the debut album Have Twangy guitar-Will travel (1958), many others followed, the most well-known and loved: Songs of hour heritage (1960); Duane Eddy himself (1963); Surfin (1963); Duane A-Go-Go (1965); Duane does Dylan (1965); Duane Eddie (1987). In 1986 she won a Grammy Awards for the song Peter Gunn.
Many of his songs have been used in film soundtracks such as Natural born killers Of Oliver Stone And Forrest Gump Of Robert Zemeckis.
