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Duane Eddy - Duane Eddy: His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels

Duane Eddy - Duane Eddy: His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels

Band: Duane Eddy Title: Duane Eddy: His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels Rating: Release Date: 29 October, 1996 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Kickin' Asphalt 2: Rockestra Theme 3: Theme For Something Really Important 4: Spies 5: Blue City 6: The Trembler 7: Los Companeros 8: Lost Innocence 9: Rockabilly Holiday 10: Last Look Back

Customer Reviews Many Delights The song was an instant, Top Ten hit around the world, ranking #1 on Rolling Stone Magazine's dance chart for six weeks that summer. In 1986, Duane recorded with Art of Noise, a collaboration that brought a new twist to his 1960 best seller, "Peter Gunn". As further confirmation of it's success. "Peter Gunn" won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental of 1986. The following year, a new album, the self-titled, Duane Eddy, was released on Capitol. As a tribute to his influence and inspiration to so many young players, a crowd of unbelievable talent came along to be a part of this project. Tracks were recorded by Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, Ry Cooder, Art of Noise, and Duane. The "band" included John Fogerty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ry Cooder, James Burton, David Lindley, Steve Cropper, and original Rebels, Larry Knechtel and Jim Horn. Oliver Stone used "The Trembler", the track written by Eddy and Ravi Shankar, in his film Natural Born Killers to help create a spine-chilling scene set against a violent thunderstorm in the desert. "Rockabilly Holiday" is one of many highlights on the album in which Eddy shows he can do more than twang (note: you can hear him casually sighing "whoops" as he muffs one of the riffs). Duane Eddy in successful all-star settings My favorite tracks are "Theme for Something Really Important," and "The Trembler," both with George Harrison, Jim Keltner and Jeff Lynne. I first bought this on vinyl when it was released in the late 1980s - it has grown on me since then. Duane once told an "American Routes" radio interviewer about how George Harrison brought the theme of "The Trembler" to the session - apparently Ravi Shankar had hummed it to Harrison years before. Eddy wrote the middle piece and fleshed out the rest, hence the Shankar/Eddy credit on the album notes. Harrison's understated fills and harmonies in the higher registers - probably two octaves above Eddy - add a lot to both songs. David Lindley supplies a great slide solo in "Los Companeros," one of the two tracks featuring him with Ry Cooder. But make no mistake, Duane Eddy remains in control and out front throughout this album - it's a rare pleasure when superstar sessions work out this well. Must have for fans of Peter Gunn It includes work he did with "The Rebels" - Ry Cooder, Art Of Noise's Anne Jecasik, Paul McCartney, and others. This is a must have for fans of Duane Eddy and Peter Gunn. I highly recommend it. "Spies" is extremely cool tune. "Theme. . . " is another great twangy tune. "Last Look Back" reminds us of the hero riding of into the sunset giving his last look back. . You can see a complete list of all Duane Eddy discography, or go back to the Duane Eddy tabs