Link Wray: A Link With The Past
Bill Millar, Melody Maker, 23 June 1979
Tag; the jet-black hair, dark shades and gaunt Shawnee Indian cheekbones evoke an image of prowling malevolence which was crystallised by 'Rumble' but still some way off when he made his first records with the Palomino Ranch Gang in the mid-Fifties.
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