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Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
-winning American guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
 in 1994, he is acclaimed as the most successful rock and roll instrumentalist of all time.

in Corning, New York
Corning (city), New York

Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the United States Census 2000....
, in 1938, he began playing the guitar at the age of five, emulating his cowboy hero, Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Orvon Gene Autry was an United States performing arts who gained fame as "Singing cowboy" on the Radio in the United States, in Cinema of the United States and on Television in the United States for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s....
. His family moved west to Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 in 1951.

arly 1954, in Coolidge, Eddy met local disc jockey, Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood

Lee Hazlewood was an United States country music and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late fifties and singer Nancy Sinatra in the sixties....
, who would become his longtime partner, co-writer and producer.






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Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
-winning American guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
 in 1994, he is acclaimed as the most successful rock and roll instrumentalist of all time.

Biography

Born in Corning, New York
Corning (city), New York

Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the United States Census 2000....
, in 1938, he began playing the guitar at the age of five, emulating his cowboy hero, Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Orvon Gene Autry was an United States performing arts who gained fame as "Singing cowboy" on the Radio in the United States, in Cinema of the United States and on Television in the United States for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s....
. His family moved west to Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 in 1951.

Music

In early 1954, in Coolidge, Eddy met local disc jockey, Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood

Lee Hazlewood was an United States country music and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late fifties and singer Nancy Sinatra in the sixties....
, who would become his longtime partner, co-writer and producer. Together, they created a successful formula based upon Eddy's unique style and approach to the guitar, and Lee's experimental vision with sound in the recording studio, and have been referred to as “one of the greatest hit-making machines of the Rock and Roll era.” His first album, Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel, contained six hit singles, and remained on the charts for an astounding 82 weeks.

Later in his career, Eddy was interviewed by John Fogerty
John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
 for Musician magazine
Musician (magazine)

Musician was a monthly magazine that covered news and information about United States popular music. It was founded in 1976 by Sam Holdsworth and Gordon Baird....
 about his style. Fogerty called it '"big" both in a sense of it being new and the actual sound quality itself. Eddy told Fogerty, "I knew we had to have something big, we did go for a big sound. I have to give a lot of credit to Lee Hazlewood. He mixed things for AM radio in those days so that they would come rockin out of the radio."

Eddy introduced a unique, twangy sound to rock and roll guitar. As John Fogerty
John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
 wrote in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 about his style, "His sound is one of those untouchable, unique things...Duane Eddy was the front guy...the first real guitar god in rock & roll." Combining strong, dramatic, single-note melodies, the bending of the low strings, and a combination of echo, vibrato bar (Bigsby), and tremolo
Tremolo

Tremolo, or tremolando, is a Musical terminology with several meanings:* A regular and repetitive variation in amplitude for the duration of a single note; this is the most common meaning....
, he produced a signature sound that was unlike anything that has been heard - the sound that would be featured on an unprecedented string of thirty four chart singles, fifteen of which made the top forty and sales of over 100 million worldwide.

Elements of country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 and Gospel
Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
 infused his instrumentals. They had evocative titles like, "Rebel Rouser", "Forty Miles of Bad Road", "Cannonball", "The Lonely One", "Shazam", and "Some Kind-a Earthquake" (which has the distinction of being the shortest song to ever break into the Top 40, clocking in at 1:17). They were filled with rebel yells and saxophone breaks. The worldwide popularity of these records, beginning with Moovin' and Groovin’ in 1958, broke open the doors for Rock and Roll instrumental music. His band, The Rebels, featured musicians who were to become some of the world's best-known session players. Sax players Steve Douglas
Steve Douglas (saxophonist)

Steven Douglas Kreisman , better known as Steve Douglas, was an American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist. Douglas is best known as a Los Angeles session musician, a member of The Wrecking Crew , who worked with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys....
 and Jim Horn
Jim Horn

Jim Horn is an American saxophone. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing HoF saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he played tenor sax on Duane Eddy recordings, including "Shazam"....
, pianist Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel

Larry Knechtel is a keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys , The Mamas and the Papas, The Doors, and as a member of the 1970s musical band, Bread ....
, and guitarist Al Casey, have been heard on hundreds of hit records, becoming members of the famous "Wrecking Crew" of Phil Spector
Phil Spector

Harvey Philip Spector is an United Statesn record producer and songwriter.The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s' girl group sound and clocked in over twenty-five Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965....
 in the 1960s, and touring with a very elite group of artists through the years.

On January 9, 1959, Eddy’s debut album, Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel, was released, reaching #5, and remaining on the album charts for an unprecedented 82 weeks. In 1960, the UK's "New Musical Express" voted him World's Number One Musical Personality, ousting Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
 from his long held position. That same year, he appeared in and recorded the theme for the movie
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Because They're Young. The song became Eddy's biggest success, peaking at #4. "Rebel 'Rouser" peaked at #6, and "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" peaked at #9 in 1958 and 1959, respectively.

Eddy constantly broke new ground, producing over 25 albums spanning a broad range of themes. At the height of the Rock and Roll era, he recorded an album of completely acoustic music, Songs Of Our Heritage, the first "unplugged" project, so to speak. There were orchestral albums, Big Band sounds of the 1940s, and an album of songs written by Bob Dylan, who, years later, would write in his biography, Chronicle, “For sure my lyrics had struck nerves that had never been struck before, but if my songs were just about the words, then what was Duane Eddy, the great rock and roll guitarist, doing recording an album full of instrumental melodies of my songs?”

During the 1960s Eddy launched an acting career, appearing in the films A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, Kona Coast, The Savage Seven, and two appearances on the television series Have Gun — Will Travel
Have Gun — Will Travel

Have Gun — Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated either number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings during each year of its first four seasons....
.

The 1970s were equally busy for Eddy. He produced album projects for Phil Everly and Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
. In 1975, a collaboration with hit songwriter Tony Macaulay
Tony Macaulay

Tony Macaulay is an author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter, though it was the latter that made him a household name early in his career....
 and former founding member of The Seekers
The Seekers

The Seekers were a group of Australian folk music-influenced pop music musicians that was formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States....
, Keith Potger
Keith Potger

Keith Potger at Colombo in Sri Lanka, is one of the founding members of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers, in which he played twelve string guitar , banjo, and sang....
, led to a worldwide top ten record, "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar". The single, "You Are My Sunshine", featuring Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
 and Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
, hit the country charts in 1977.

In 1983, Duane toured with a group of legendary musicians, playing small, intimate clubs. Friends of Eddy's had put this band together wanting to give the fans a chance to hear him in a unique setting - Don Randi on keyboards, Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine is an United States drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the The Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters and the Beach Boys....
 on drums, Steve Douglas
Steve Douglas

Steve Douglas may refer to:*Steve Douglas *Steve Douglas , late-night radio personality from Denver, Colorado*Steve Douglas , professional skateboarder, company owner and industry mogul...
 on sax, and Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder

Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer.He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American American folk music, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries....
 on guitar.

In 1986, Eddy recorded with Art of Noise, a collaboration that brought a contemporary edge to his 1960 best selling version of Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini was an Academy Award winning American composer, Conducting and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores....
's Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn is an United States detective fiction television programme which aired on the National Broadcasting Company and later American Broadcasting Company television networks from 1958 to 1961....
. The song was a Top Ten hit around the world, ranking #1 on Rolling Stone Magazine's dance chart for six weeks that summer. "Peter Gunn" won The Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental of 1986. It also gave Eddy the distinction of being the only instrumentalist to have had Top 10 hit singles in four different decades in Great Britain.

The following year, a new album, the self-titled, Duane Eddy, was released on Capitol
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
. As a tribute to his influence and inspiration to so many young players, some of the world's best known artists and producers wanted to be a part of this project. Several of the tracks were produced by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne

Jeffrey Lynne is a two-time Ivor Novello Awards recipient and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, guitarist and record producer who gained fame as the leader of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys....
, Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder

Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer.He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American American folk music, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries....
, and Art of Noise. Guest artists and musicians included John Fogerty
John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
, George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
, Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder

Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer.He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American American folk music, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries....
, James Burton
James Burton

James Burton is an United States guitarist.A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
, David Lindley
David Lindley (musician)

David Lindley is an United States guitarist and multi-instrumentalist . During 1966 to 1970 he was part of the eclectic Psychedelic music band Kaleidoscope ....
, Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper

Steve "The Colonel" Cropper is an United States guitarist, songwriter and producer....
, and original Rebels, Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel

Larry Knechtel is a keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys , The Mamas and the Papas, The Doors, and as a member of the 1970s musical band, Bread ....
 and Jim Horn
Jim Horn

Jim Horn is an American saxophone. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing HoF saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he played tenor sax on Duane Eddy recordings, including "Shazam"....
.

In the spring of 1994, Eddy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
, alongside fellow artists Elton John
Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
, John Lennon
John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
, Bob Marley
Bob Marley

Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley Jamaican Order of Merit was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands: The Wailers and Bob Marley & the Wailers ....
 and The Grateful Dead. Later that year, film soundtracks introduced Eddy's music to millions as they watched Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a comedy-drama film based on the Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. The film was a huge commercial success, earning United States dollar677 million worldwide during its theatrical run making it the top grossing film in North America released that year....
 being chased by a pickup truck full of rednecks as he runs across a football field to the sound of "Rebel Rouser". Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an United Statesn film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier, and his work continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially....
's Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers is a 1994 in film satire crime film directed by Oliver Stone about two mass murderers and the Mass media coverage given to them....
 used "The Trembler", a track written by Eddy and Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar is a Bengali people Indian sitar player and composer. He is a disciple of Allauddin Khan, the founder of the Maihar gharana of Hindustani classical music....
, to help create a spine-chilling scene set against a violent thunderstorm in the desert.

In 1996, Eddy joined Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer is a Germany composer and Record producer. He is best known for his Academy Award, Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning film scores....
 on the soundtrack of Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (film)

There are two films with the name Broken Arrow. One film with the name Broken Arrows.*Broken Arrow is a western movie made in 1950 starring James Stewart ....
, starring John Travolta
John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction ....
. Eddy’s unique guitar sound was first choice to be the “voice” for the villain’s theme. To quote Mr. Zimmer, "I always thought that Duane's style was being ripped off by the spaghetti westerns. This time I got the real thing." This piece was also used as a recurring theme in Wes Craven
Wes Craven

Wesley Earl Craven is an United States film director and screenwriter, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character and as the director of the Scream ....
's hit film, Scream 2.

In spring, 1997, Eddy was inducted into the Rockwalk, placing his handprints and signature into cement, along with his friends Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
, Scotty Moore
Scotty Moore

Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III is an United States guitarist. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis' Hollywood years....
, and James Burton
James Burton

James Burton is an United States guitarist.A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
.

In 2004 the new Gibson
Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
 Duane Eddy Signature Model guitar was introduced. It was built to Eddy’s specifications by the Gibson Custom Art and Historic Division. Later that year, he was presented with the Guitar Player Magazine "Legend Award". Eddy was the second recipient of the award, the first having been presented to Eddy's own guitar hero, Les Paul
Les Paul

Les Paul is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible." His many recording innovations include overdubbing, Delay such as "sound on sound" and Delay , Phaser , and multitrack recording....
.

Asked by Musician magazine how he felt about influencing generations of musicians, Eddy commented that it "is an unexpected bonus. It makes me feel more important than I otherwise would. It's a confirmation, many years later, that it was the right thing. And we had no way of knowing at the time. We got confirmation in the fact that the records were hits. That's the first big joy. But after it dies down, then suddenly somebody comes along and says, 'You started me in the business.'" Among those who openly acknowledge his influence are George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
, Dave Davies
Dave Davies

David Russell Gordon Davies is an English rock musician , most well known for his membership with the England Rock music Musical ensemble The Kinks....
 (The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
), Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an England guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for singer Cliff Richard....
 (The Shadows
The Shadows

Nick-named: the Shads, The Shadows are the most successful United Kingdom instrumental and vocal group from the 1950s to the 2000s with an aggregate total of at least 64 UK hit singles....
), The Ventures
The Ventures

The Ventures are an United States instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, Washington. The band, formed by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two masonry workers, has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide, having sold over 100 million records, and are to date the best-selling instrumental band of all time....
, John Entwistle
John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and Horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who....
 (The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
), Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band....
, Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew is an United States guitarist and singer perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he joined in 1981....
, Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson

Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior United States Senate from Florida. Nelson is a member of the Democratic Party. Nelson became the Jake Garn of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-61-C ....
 (Bebop Deluxe), and Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Order of the British Empire is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and film score composer.Knopfler is best-known as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler....
.

Signature guitars

Duane Eddy was the first rock and roll guitarist to have a signature model guitar.

In 1960, Guild Guitars introduced the Duane Eddy Models DE-400 and the deluxe DE-500. A limited edition of the DE-500 model was reissued briefly in 1983 to mark Eddy's 25th anniversary in the recording industry.

The Gretsch "Chet Atkins 6120" model has long been associated with Eddy. In 1997, Gretsch Guitars started production of the Duane Eddy Signature Model, DE-6120.

In 2004, The Gibson Custom Art and Historic Division introduced the new Duane Eddy Signature Gibson guitar.

Awards

  • Number One World Musical Personality in the NME Poll (UK) 1960
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
     Member 1994
  • Grammy Winner Best Rock Instrumental Peter Gunn 1986
  • Grammy Nomination Best Country Instrumental (Doc Watson album) 1992
  • Rockwalk Induction 1997
  • Presented with "Chetty" award by Chet Atkins 2000
  • Guitar Player Magazine Legend Award 2004
  • Musicians Hall of Fame Member 2008


Discography with Billboard chart peak positions


U.S. singles

Year Single Chart position
1958 "Movin' N' Groovin" 72
"Rebel Rouser" 6
"Ramrod" 27
"Cannonball" 15
1959 "The Lonely One" 23
"Yep!" 30
"Forty Miles Of Bad Road" 9
"The Quiet Three" 46
"Some Kind-A Earthquake" 37
"First Love, First Tears" 59
1960 "Bonnie Came Back" 26
"Shazam!" 45
"Because They're Young" 4
"Kommotion" 78
"Peter Gunn" 27
1961 "Pepe" 18
"Theme From Dixie" 39
"Ring Of Fire" 84
"Drivin' Home" 87
"My Blue Heaven" 50
1962 "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" 78
"The Ballad Of Paladin" 33
"Dance With The Guitar Man" 12
1963 "Boss Guitar" 28
"Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar" 82
"Your Baby's Gone Surfin" 93
1964 "The Son Of Rebel Rouser" 97
1977 "You Are My Sunshine" 50
1986 "Peter Gunn" (with The Art of Noise
The Art of Noise

Art of Noise was an avant-garde synthpop group formed in 1983 by producer Trevor Horn, music journalist Paul Morley, and session musicians/studio hands Anne Dudley, J.J....
) 		50


Albums

  • Have "Twangy" Guitar--Will Travel (#5) -- Jamie JLP-3000 (Mono)/JLPS-3000 (Stereo) -- 1958
Original album covers are white with Duane Eddy sitting on guitar case and LP title in white. 2nd pressings show the same cover with LP title in green and red; 3rd pressings are red album covers with Duane Eddy standing
  • Especially For You (#24) -- Jamie JLPM-3006/JLPS-3006 -- 1959
  • The "Twangs" the "Thang" (#18) -- Jamie JLPM-3009/JLPS-3009 -- 1959
  • Songs of Our Heritage -- Jamie JLPM-3011/JLPS-3011 -- 1960
Original copies feature gatefold covers, later replaced with regular covers. Also pressed in limited quantites of red vinyl and blue vinyl
  • $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang (#10) -- Jamie JLPM-3014/JLPS-3014 -- 1960
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (#93) -- Jamie JLPM-3019/JLPS-3019 -- 1961
Front cover features photos of Duane with Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee is an United States country music-pop music singer popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more US charted hits than any other female and only three male singers or groups ....
 and Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello

Annette Joanne Funicello is an United States singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular Mickey Mouse Club, and went on to appear in a series of beach party films....
  • $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang, Volume 2 -- Jamie JLPM-3021/JLPS-3021 -- 1962
  • Twistin' With Duane Eddy -- Jamie JLPM-3022/JLPS-3022 -- 1962
  • Twistin' 'N' Twangin (#82) -- RCA LPM-2525 (Mono)/LSP-2525 (Stereo) -- 1962
  • Twangy Guitar - Silky Strings (#72) -- RCA LPM-2576/LSP-2576 -- 1962
  • Surfin -- Jamie JLPM-3024/JLPS-3024 -- 1963
  • Duane Eddy & The Rebels--In Person -- Jamie JLPM-3025/JLPS-3025 -- 1963
  • Dance with the Guitar Man (#47) -- RCA LPM-2648/LSP-2648 -- 1963
  • "Twang" a Country Song -- RCA LPM-2681/LSP-2681 -- 1963
  • "Twangin'" Up a Storm! (#93) -- RCA LPM-2700/LSP-2700 -- 1963
  • 16 Greatest Hits -- Jamie JLPM-3026/JLPS-3026 -- 1964
  • Lonely Guitar (#144) -- RCA LPM-2798/LSP-2798 -- 1964
  • Water Skiing -- RCA LPM-2918/LSP-2918 -- 1965
  • Twangin' The Golden Hits -- RCA LPM-2993/LSP-2993 -- 1965
  • Twangsville -- RCA LPM-3432/LSP-3432 -- 1965
  • The Best of Duane Eddy -- RCA LPM-3477/LSP-3477 -- 1965
  • Duane-A-Go-Go -- Colpix CP-490 (Mono)/CPS-490 (Stereo) -- 1965
  • Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan -- Colpix CPL-494/CPS-494 -- 1965
  • The Biggest Twang Of All -- Reprise R-6218 (Mono)/RS-6218 (Stereo) -- 1966
  • The Roaring Twangies -- Reprise R-6240/RS-6240 -- 1967
  • The Vintage Years -- Sire SASH-3707-2 -- 1975
  • Pure Gold -- RCA ANL1-2671 -- 1978
  • Duane Eddy -- Capitol ST-12567 -- 1987


Film appearances

  • Because They're Young (1960)
  • A Thunder of Drums
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     (1961)
  • The Wild Westerners (1962)
  • The Savage Seven (1968)
  • Kona Coast (1968)


Further reading


Books

  • Hardy, Phil and Dave Laing, Encyclopedia of Rock, Schrimner Books, 1987.
  • Rees, Dafydd,and Luke Crampton, Rock Movers & Shakers, ABC-CLIO, 1991.
  • The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll edited by Jon Pareles and Patr Romanowski, Rolling StonePress/Summit Books, 1993.
  • Stambler, Irwin, The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul, St.
  • Martin's, 1989.
  • Furek,Maxim, "The Jordan Brothers: A Musical Biography of Rock's Fortunate Sons." Kimberley Press, 1986.


Periodicals

  • "Twangsville" produced by the Duane Eddy Circle (Appreciation Society) since 1975
  • Detroit Free Press, August28. 1970.
  • Detroit News, June 4,1961.
  • Musician, November 1991.


External links