Duane Eddy

2 LPs ON 1 CD

THE UNDISPUTED KING OF TWANG

“DUANE EDDY WAS THE FRONT GUY, THE FIRST ROCK AND ROLL GOD." John Fogerty
 

America’s first bona fide rock & roll guitar hero, and one of early rock’s most influential and popular instrumentalists, Duane Eddy devised a technique of playing lead on his guitar’s bass strings to produce a low, reverberant “twangy” sound. He had 15 Top-40 hits between 1958 and 1963, and his opening riff of his debut single, “Moovin’ and Groovin’”, would be lifted by The Beach Boys five years later to open their hit song “Surfin’ U.S.A.” Eddy’s next single “Rebel-Rouser” reached the Top-10 in 1958 and launched the guitarist to international stardom. Opening with a down-anddirty, heavily echoed guitar riff, it remains the tune with which he’s most often identified.
This special collector’s edition compiles Eddy’s two first and finest albums: his debut LP, Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar ~ Will Travel (1958) and Especially For You (1959). Both rock & roll gems contain the cream of the crop from Duane Eddy’s hit-making stretch for the Jamie label during his early years. In addition, we have included 4 bonus tracks from the same period. All of these fabulous recordings were co-produced by the always fascinating Lee Hazlewood and feature a virtual who's who of great musicians including Buddy Wheeler, Al Casey, Larry Knechtel and Plas Johnson, among others.

PERSONNEL:

DUANE EDDY, lead guitar on all tracks, plus:

THE REBELS:
CORKEY CASEY (rhythm guitar), BUDDY WHEELER (electric bass),
JIMMY SIMMONS (upright bass), AL CASEY, LARRY KNECHTEL (piano),
MIKE BERMANI, BOB TAYLOR (drums),
PLAS JOHNSON, STEVE DOUGLAS (saxophone),
THE SHARPS(backing vocals), among others.

Further personnel information is detailed inside booklet.
Recorded in Hollywood, California, and Phoenix, Arizona, between 1957 and 1960.
Original recordings produced by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood.

16-PAGE BOOKLET RARE PHOTOS VINTAGE MEMORABILIA DETAILED LINER NOTES

TRACKS:

HAVE ‘TWANGY’ GUITAR ~ WILL TRAVEL
01. THE LONESOME ROAD
02. I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
03. REBEL-ROUSER
04. THREE-30-BLUES
05. CANNONBALL
06. THE LONELY ONE
07. DETOUR
08. STALKIN’
09. RAMROD
10. ANYTIME
11. MOVIN’ ‘N GROOVIN’
12. LOVING YOU
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
13. PETER GUNN
14. ONLY CHILD
15. LOVER
16. FUZZ
17. YEP
18. ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL
19. JUST BECAUSE
20. QUINIELA
21. TROUBLE IN MIND
22. TUXEDO JUNCTION
23. HARD TIMES
24. ALONG CAME LINDA
BONUS TRACKS
25. NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
26. UP AND DOWN
27. MASON DIXON LION
28. TIGER LOVE AND TURNIP GREENS

TOTAL TIME: 75:15