Live in ’85

LIVE IN ’85

As it happens, I have a live album by Link Wray from the same time period as the original Link Protrudi and the Jaymen, called Live in ’85. His live performance of “Rumble” using 1980’s technology alone is worth seeking this album out, and there are also several other of his early classics like “Jack the Ripper” and “Rawhide”. But it is a little sad to hear all of the chatter by the audience in the background, and seeing him having to resort to covering Bruce Springsteen (“Fire”) and Steppenwolf (“Born to be Wild”).

(February 2013)