GUITAR ACE - LINK WRAY TRIBUTE
The folks over at Musick Records have done good! They have assembled a stellar line-up of current bands that have been influenced by the Linkster. They have recorded some of Link's greatest hits, as well as some of Link's lost treasures. You've got the standard JACK THE RIPPER, RAWHIDE and RUMBLE...but you'd never expect a cover of I'M SO GLAD, I'M SO PROUD would you?
Not only is GUITAR ACE a worthy addition to your record collection, pick up a few for gifts to initiate the uneducated to Link Wray. There are EXCELLENT liner notes from Gregory Nicoll, where he not only gives the low-down on each original track, he also provides great info on each band doing the cuts on this CD! Oh yeah...he gives a shout out to us too! (thanks much!)
Hey, it's also the very first Link tribute ever released on CD! What are you waiting for? Tell the folks over at Musick you saw it on WraysShack3Tracks.com!
RAW-HIDE Mystery Action AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU BABE Bleed THE SHADOW KNOWS Spy-Fi (featuring Phantom Frank) THE OUTLAW The Hellbenders I'M SO GLAD, I'M SO PROUD Throw Rag FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY THE LEDGERS SOUL TRAIN THE FLESHTONES MUSTANG THE SPACE COSSACKS ACE OF SPADES DAVE WRONSKI SLINKY FIFTY FOOT COMBO RUMBLE MAMBO THE HYPNOMEN DEACON JONES THE WOGGLES FIRE AND BRIMSTONE BOSS MARTIANS FALLIN' RAIN CALEXICO GENOCIDE THE DOWNERS I'M BRANDED SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS BABY DOLL GORE GORE GIRLS THE GIRL CAN'T DANCE EVAN FOSTER JACK THE RIPPER POLLO DEL MAR COMANCHE THE VOLCANOS RUN CHICKEN RUN JACKIE AND THE CEDRICKS RUN BOY RUN DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS RUMBLE THE BAMBI MOLESTERS ROUGHSHOD FOUR PIECE SUIT Review from the September 2003 issue of GUITAR PLAYER magazine -
Anything that acknowledges the feral majesty of Mr. Link Wray is A-OK in my book. This compilation does the job by offering some cool moments (Deke Dickerson, Dave Wronski, Boss Martians, Pollo Del Mar), but the mostly sedate covers ultimately prove that the man is still the man.