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Duane Eddy is tagged as: rockabilly, instrumental, rock n roll, rock and roll, rock

Duane Eddy born April 26th, 1938 in Corning, New York, began playing at age five, emulating his cowboy hero, Gene Autry. His family moved west to Phoenix, Arizona, in the early Fifties, where Duane met his longtime partner, co-writer and producer, Lee Hazlewood. Together, they created a successful formula based upon Duane’s unique approach to the guitar, and Lee’s experimental vision in the recording studio.
Eddy introduced a unique, twangy sound to Rock and Roll guitar. As John Fogerty wrote in Rolling Stone about his style; “It was one of those untouchable, unique things…Duane Eddy was the front guy, the first rock & roll guitar god.” Combining strong, dramatic, single-note melodies, the bending of the low strings, and a combination of echo, vibrato bar (Bigsby), and tremolo, he produced a signature sound that was unlike anything yet heard - the sound that would be featured on an unprecedented string of thirty-four chart singles, fifteen of which made the top forty and sales of over 100 million worldwide. Later in his career, Eddy was interviewed by John Fogerty for Musician magazine about his style. Fogerty called it ‘”big” both in a sense of it being new and the actual sound quality itself. Eddy told Fogerty, “I kn...
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Rebel rouser
Cannonball
Forty Miles Of Bad Road
Peter Gunn
The Trembler
Because They're Young
Movin' N' Groovin'
Dance With the Guitar Man
Ramrod
The Lonely One
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Duane Eddy
21 Greatest Hits
Road Trip
Twang Thang: Anthology
Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel
Best Of The RCA Years- Hits & Rarities
Dance With the Guitar Man: 18 Greatest Hits
Twangin' The Golden Hits
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