Duane Eddy Dies: Influential ‘Rebel Rouser’ & ‘Peter Gunn’ Guitarist Was 86
deadline.comDuane Eddy, the twangy, Grammy-winning rock guitarist who had Top 10 instrumental hits including “Rebel Rouser” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and scored with a version of Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn,” died Wednesday in Franklin, TN, The Arizona Republic reported.
He had turned 86 last week. Eddy, who influenced generations of guitar legends including George Harrison, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Ritchie Blackmore and Mark Knopfler, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Born on April 26, 1938, in Corning, NY, Eddy began playing guitar at age 5. He moved at 13 with his family to Arizona, where he met local DJ Lee Hazlewood, and the two would share a long, fruitful association.
Eddy first recorded with Jimmy Delbridge as Duane & Jimmy in 1955, and his debut single as a solo act to dent the charts came three years later with “Moovin’ N’ Groovin’.” His next hit, featuring Eddy’s signature late-’50s Chet Atkins Gretsch 6120, would change the game. “Rebel Rouser,” which Eddy co-wrote with Hazlewood, was prime twang — played low with plenty of reverb and instantly recognizable. (It was billed on the label as “Rebel-‘Rouser.) He would follow with two dozen more chart singles through 1963, most notably “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and another U.S.
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