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''Link Wray'' is the self-titled 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist Link Wray. The music is an Americana blend of blues, country, gospel, and folk rock elements. This music is characterized by the purposeful use of simplified sounds to reflect the then-current vogue of blues and other roots music being used in many roots rock bands. Wray's guitar-work, composing and vocals reflected modern rock influences. Despite publicity from radio stations and print media in the Washington area, the album did not do well in national sales. Some tracks from the album later surfaced on the compilation ''Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years'', and it was included in its entirety on 2CDs compilation ''Wray's Three Track Shack'' (Acadia/Evangeline Recorded Works Ltd./Universal Music, 2005) along with other "shack" recordings of '71 ''Beans and Fatback'' and ''Mordicai Jones''. The Neville Brothers later covered "Fire and Brimstone" on their album ''Yellow Moon'', as did Nick Cave and Ralph Stanley for the soundtrack of the film ''Lawless''. The band Calexico covered "Fallin' Rain" as bonus track on their album ''Feast of Wire''. ==Recording== The album was recorded in 1971 by Link's brother Vernon "Ray Vernon" Wray at "Wray's Shack Three Track", a three track studio Link Wray had converted from an old chicken shack on his farm in Accokeek, Maryland, and mixed by Chuck Irwin. During louder numbers, the recording team placed the speakers for Link Wray's guitar outside in the yard and miked the windows. For a time no drum kit was available, so on several tracks the musicians stomped on the floor for the bass drum and shook a can of nails for the snare drum.〔 Songwriter/co-producer/drummer Steve Verroca said that, "What we do is go into the shack and make music. We get the melody that way and then maybe write down some lyrics. Okay, it's a little unusual but that is what comes natural."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Link Wray (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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