Last night -
Violin Concerto "Affairs of the Heart" / composer Marjan Mozetich
CBC Vancouver Orchestra / Juliette Kang solo violin / Mario Bernardi conductor
Tonight -
Link Wray & The Wraymen - "Jack The Ripper" (1961)
... and other guitar instrumentals streamed from North Sea Surf Radio.
About Link Wray:
Jack Rose cited Wray as an influence, as did Iggy Pop and Neil Young. Jimmy Page says that Link Wray had a "real rebel attitude" and credits him in It Might Get Loud as a major influence in his early career. According to Rolling Stone, Pete Townshend of The Who once said, "If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I never would have picked up a guitar." "The only people I ever really looked up to were Link Wray and Iggy Pop," said Mark E. Smith of The Fall. "Guys like…Link Wray…are very special to me."
The missus is on a business trip so I had the apartment to myself this morning, and treated the neighbours to some Rush, and in particular, the Hold Your Fire album. I saw them 3 times during the tour back in 1988, happy days.