Happy 85th Birthday - Duane Eddy !

[WalterHaleJnr]

Today Duane turns 80 ! I Salute Him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCIyTbVCK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw4pecJ-4u0

[WalterHaleJnr]

Anyone here got this cd in their collection?

This is an excellent compilation with 24 pre-RCA recordings done when he started at Jamie label, released by the Bear Family label and was mastered by the late Boppin' Bob Jones:

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[Lou A.]

One of the greats of rock and rolls early days . I've met Duane on many occasions , talked to him on the phone many other times . He's a great guy , a true survivor , and a true innovator . Elvis had Duane's Rebel Rouser on his Juke box .

[Colin B]

Duane Eddy is 82 today !

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The Elvis connection is that Duane played guitar on the 2015 Elvis album If I Can Dream on the song Bridge Over Troubled Water.

[Colin B]

Duane Eddy is 85 today !

Happy Birthday, Duane !

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[Private Presley]

https://youtu.be/1F0lGhPIedk

[Mister Moon]

Happy birthday, Duane !!!

Here's an oddity, from the spring of 1958, featuring Duane on electric guitar - one of the first tribute records to Elvis related to his Army induction. The b-side has no Elvis connection, but I'm posting it too anyway :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15oVjFgrCc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylg2YpsrClo

[Mister Moon]

I have always dug the top side of his debut single for Jamie.

Recorded late 1957, released early 1958, it's a masterpiece of simplicity, but a total classic. Plas Johnson's great sax solo is the icing on the cake - by the way, Plas is also still around, at age 91.

This song is often misspelled as "Movin' n' Groovin'", instead of "Moovin' n' Groovin'" - that's how it was spelled on the records, and it was not a mistake, but a cool wordplay.

The guitar intro is a bridge between Chuck Berry and The Beach Boys :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i35JWhvbzCs

[Mister Moon]

Duane Eddy also got his own tribute song, in 1959 :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIqHmGm490