At a moment in time when notions of musical genre and aesthetics were more casually drawn than today, the late 1950s and early 1960s saw a remarkable convergence of country, rock & roll, and jazz guitar styles. A small sampling of the fortuitous sonic caprice...
Playlist
Title | Artist | Album | Composer
Peter Gunn | Duane Eddy | The Jamie Singles Sessions 1957–1962 | Henry Mancini
Jungle Fever | Dick Dale & His Del-Tones | single | Dick Dale
Caravan | The Ventures | Walk, Don't Run | Juan Tizol; Duke Ellington
Sleep Walk | Santo & Johnny | Santo & Johnny | Santo Farina; Johnny Farina
Apache | The Shadows | single | Jerry Lordan
Tequila | The Champs | Go, Champs, Go | Chuck Rio
Ghost Riders in the Sky | The Ventures | Another Smash | Stan Jones
Rebel Rouser | Duane Eddy | The Jamie Singles Sessions 1957–1962 | Duane Eddy; Lee Hazlewood
Rebel Rouser | Bill Frisell | Guitar in the Space Age | Duane Eddy; Lee Hazlewood
Wipe Out | The Surfaris | single | Bob Berryhill; Pat Connolly; Jim Fuller; Ron Wilson
Pipeline | The Chantays | single | Brian Carman; Bob Spickard
Pipeline | Bill Frisell | Guitar in the Space Age | Brian Carman; Bob Spickard
Miserlou | Dick Dale & His Del-Tones | single | Nicholas Roubanis
Miserlou | Quadro Nuevo | Mocca Flor | Nicholas Roubanis
Sugarfoot Rag | Junior Brown | Junior High | Hank Garland; Vaughn Horton
Rumble | Link Wray | The Link Wray Rumble | Link Wray; Milt Grant
Rumble | Bill Frisell | Guitar in the Space Age | Link Wray; Milt Grant
Boubacar | Bill Frisell | The Intercontinentals | Bill Frisell
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