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RADIO AND TV LINK
Here is just a sampling of the
great "lost Link" (and some found) stuff. If anyone has info on any of these,
send us an eMail!
LINK RADIO
SHERIFF
TEX DAVIS RADIO SHOW
Lucky Wray and the Palomino Ranch
Hands were regulars on the Sheriff Tex Davis Radio Show, broadcast in the
Portsmouth area during the late 1940's. No known tapes exist of these
broadcasts.
WASHINGTON
D.C. RADIO
It is also likely that Link and
the Wraymen appeared on local DC stations such as WEAM and WPGC during record
hops in Glen Echo Park in Maryland and other such locations. No known
tapes exist of these broadcasts.
NATIONAL
PUBLIC RADIO
Link appeared on the FRESH AIR
radio show on National Public Radio at the end of the SHADOWMAN tour of the
US. The interview is approximately a half hour in length. Link told
some interesting stories in the interview, such as FDR sending his mom a
certificate for a back brace. He also says the reason he left the national
music scene in the 60's was because he didn't want to play to the "LSD
crowd", so he returned to Maryland "playing CCR and Elvis for the
rednecks getting drunk off beer and whiskey." Great interview, it's
making it's rounds in trading circles.
LINK TV
THE MILT
GRANT SHOW
Link appeared on this DC version
of American Bandstand numerous times, both as a headliner with the Wraymen, as
well as with the Wraymen as a backing band to some of the biggest stars of the
day. Several years ago, WTTG, the local Washington DC station that hosted
Milt Grant, ran a retrospective with short video clips. There is also a
video of an episode that is available on the Internet, but this
episode does NOT feature Link, the Wraymen or Vernon as the host.
THE
JACK SPECTOR SHOW
Link appeared on
the Jack Spector Show, a northeast (Massachusetts?) version of Bandstand.
This tape is available from The Video Beat and features Link at the end of the
show coming out and doing a version of Trail of the Lonesome Pine, and an
all-too-short interview after the show. A must for collectors.
AMERICAN
BANDSTAND
Link and the Wraymen appeared
twice on American Bandstand. I believe the songs they did were
"Rawhide" and "Jack the Ripper."
I know of no available video of
Link and the Wraymen's appearances on American Bandstand.
JERRY BLAVAT
- JOEY REYNOLDS - BUDDY DEANE
Link and the
Wraymen made appearances on these TV shows, local versions of "American
Bandstand", in the 1960's. Buddy Deane aired out of Baltimore, and
Jerry Blavat and Joey Reynolds were in the Philly/NY/NJ area. No known
video is available.
SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE
During an
interview in Atlanta in 1997, Link mentions that he appeared on Saturday Night
Live with Robert Gordon during the promotion of FRESH FISH SPECIAL. No
known video is available.
DON
KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT
I've received
an eMail from a Link fan who advised they remember seeing Link and Robert Gordon
on this show.
NIGHT
FLIGHT
This show was
broadcast on the USA cable network in the late 70s through early 80s. Link
made an appearance on this show with Robert Gordon. No known video is
available.
MUSIK
LADEN
This is a European TV show entitled Musik Laden. The version I have was
sold in Japan with a cover listing the date as 1982,
however this is incorrect.
Link
appeared backing Robert Gordon during a half hour broadcast concert in a TV
studio made up to look like a night club.
Midway into the
show, Robert steps off the stage and lets Link do two songs. Link does a
great slow-tempo version of "Rumble" and a smoking version of "Baby
Watcha Want Me To Do" and the vocals are fantastic.
SEE THE VIDEOS HERE
ROCKPALAST
Link and Robert
Gordon appeared on this overseas show in the late 70s. I don't know much
more about this one, but it is making the rounds in trading circles.
GUITAR
GREATS
Taped at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New
Jersey in 1985, this show features about a dozen "guitar greats"
including Link, Brian Setzer, Dickie Betts, Neal Schon, Lita Ford and others.
This was a one hour show, broadcast on MTV. The most readily available
copy has Link doing RUMBLE. Link comes out at the end
of the show for a finale, along with all the other performers, playing GREEN
ONIONS and JOHNNY B. GOODE.
There is another version
available with the same finale, but instead of RUMBLE, Link does TRYING TO FIND
YOUR LOVE from the Indian Child CD (predating the release by 8 years!)
SEE THE VIDEO HERE
BRITISH
MTV
During the 1996
shows in the UK, Link and the AceMen appeared on British MTV. No known
video exists.
AUSTRALIAN
TELEVISION
Link and the
AceMen did a two week tour of Australia in 1995. During that time they
made an appearance on Australian television. No known video exists.
THE CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW
During the
SHADOWMAN
club tour of the states, Link made an appearance on the Conan O'Brien Show.
Unfortunately, there was no interview of Link broadcast. The tape
consisted of Conan introducing Link from his desk, and Link playing Rumble.
At the end of the show, Link was shown seated next to Conan, so maybe there is
some unreleased interview tape out there somewhere.
SEE THE VIDEOS HERE
PINKPOP
FESTIVAL
Link appeared with
Robert Gordon at the "Pinkpop Festival" which was aired on Dutch
television. It is believed that this show was from 1978.
LIVE AT THE
PARADISO
There was also a
Dutch television broadcast of Link Wray LIVE AT THE PARADISO. Yep, it's
the same show that
the
album came from!
For related information, see
LINK
WRAY ON VIDEO.
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