Friday on my Mind 230: Dance (with the Guitar Man.) RIP Duane Eddy
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 10 May 2024
As I mentioned last week, Duane Eddy, the man who inspired so many electric guitarists of the 1960s, has died. He conjured a distinctive twang from his instrument.
This 1959 track, Peter Gunn, written by Henry Mancini for a TV series, might have been the inspiration for the theme tunes of all those 1960s spy movies. It certainly suited Eddy’s style.
Duane Eddy: Peter Gunn
DJ Johnnie Walker loved Eddy’s tune Because They’re Young (1960) so much that it became Walker’s signature tune.
Duane Eddy: Because They’re Young
But it is perhaps this track which is most appropriate for this post.
Duane Eddy: Dance (with the Guitar Man)
Duane Eddy: 26/4/1938 – 30/4/2024. So it goes.
Tags: Because They’re Young, Dance (with the Guitar Man), Duane Eddy, Friday On My Mind, Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn
Janusz
10 May 2024 at 12:21
Thank you for the links to those tracks. Duanne used a Gretch 6120 with a Bigsby tremolo arm, but I suspect the sound was also fed into some kind of echo chamber. Perhaps one of those thick metal sheets with transducers and pick-ups at either end. A wonderful sound that was imitated by millions of wannabe guitar heroes around the world.
jackdeighton
10 May 2024 at 23:14
Janusz,
I bow to your knowledge of guitar usage and effects.