Duane Eddy
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Duane Eddy is an American rock and roll guitarist famed for his distinctive "twangy" guitar sound and influential instrumental hits of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duane Eddy canonical | 5 |
| Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ rock and roll musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Chet Atkins
ⓘ
Lee Hazlewood ⓘ The Rebels ⓘ Waylon Jennings ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Hall of Fame induction for Rebel-'Rouser ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
Arizona, United States
|
| birthDate | 1938-04-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Corning, New York
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surface form:
Corning, New York, United States
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Eddy ⓘ |
| fullName | Duane Eddy self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
instrumental rock
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ rockabilly ⓘ |
| givenName | Duane ⓘ |
| hasSignatureSound | twangy guitar tone produced on the bass strings ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
ⓘ
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced | many later rock guitarists ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
instrumental rock
ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ |
| instrument | electric guitar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive twangy guitar sound
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instrumental rock hits in the early 1960s ⓘ instrumental rock hits in the late 1950s ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentModel | Gretsch Duane Eddy signature guitar ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Because They’re Young
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Cannonball ⓘ Forty Miles of Bad Road ⓘ Peter Gunn ⓘ Rebel-'Rouser ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Jamie Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ |
| spouse |
Deed Abbate
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Jesse Colter ⓘ Miriam Eddy ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
heavy use of echo and reverb
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low-register guitar melodies ⓘ use of vibrato and tremolo ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy