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.