[kj] Power Chord Pioneer Link Wray Dies at 76

[fluw]

*geordie wasn't the first to play a chiming dissonant bell chord or tune 
to D either but...
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*of course, everything becomes relative to the era in which the catalyst 
is analysed, as history forgets and neglects, then makes an attempt to 
suffice as people merely invoke a common perfunctory obligation of 
tribute...
Reuter's Syndrome
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the key in this particular thread i think is, who was the dominant 
catalyst for the usage of a particular sound or style of play:

charlie christian - electric guitar
ike turner - the wammy bar freak-out
les paul - multi track - tape echo
paul burlison - rock n roll amplifier distortion
t bone walker - double stop bends  - single note blues bend style
django reinhardt - lateral vibrato
bb king - sustained vertical vibrato
leo theremin - synthesizer - electronic music 
palakiko frank ferera - bottle neck  (slide)
bob dunn - electric slide lap steel

and link wray did get the ball rolling on - power chords
  
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Paul Rangecroft wrote:

> umm... i think you are wrong, alex! can you really invent a power 
> chord? it's the single most simple chord that can be made. it'd be 
> like inventing a scale or a drum roll. maybe they hadn't been used 
> much in music before he started, i don't know.
>
> On 11/22/05, *Alexander Smith* <vassifer at earthlink.net 
> <mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     STOP
>     ME IF I'M FUCKIN' WRONG, but the man INVENTED the fucking power chord.
>
>
>     Alex in NYC
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