If a direct line can be traced forward from black blues musicians crankin' up their amps and playing with a ton of violence and aggression to young white guys doing a mutated form of same, the line points straight to Link Wray, no contest. Though rock historians always like to draw a nice, clean line between the distorted electric guitar work that fuels early blues records to the late-'60s Hendrix-Clapton-Beck-Page-Townshend mob, with no stops in between, a quick spin of any of the sides Wray recorded during his golden decade punches holes in that theory right quick. Listen to any of the tracks he recorded between that landmark instrumental in 1958 through his Swan recordings in the early '60s and you'll hear the blueprints for heavy metal, thrash, you name it. As much to Johnny Cash and Hank Williams as to J J Cale, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Vaughan and Link Wray.Link Wray may never get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but his contribution to the language of rockin' guitar would still be a major one, even if he had never walked into another studio after cutting "Rumble." Quite simply, Link Wray invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists. With HILLBILLY NOIR, from the keys of American roots music based on the Blues, they deconstruct the existential tragedy of contemporary man facing a 21st century that challenges his own identity and references, owing as much to the imagery of the dusty literature of a Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or a Donald Ray Pollock, as to the neo-noir spirit of Oliver Stone's Turn to Hell, Lynch's Wild Heart or Dennis Hopper's The Hot Spot. Tanto a Johnny Cash y Hank Williams como a J J Cale, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Vaughan y Link Wray. Via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Ĭon HILLBILLY NOIR, a partir de las claves de la música de las raíces americanas basada en el Blues deconstruyen la tragedia existencial del hombre contemporáneo enfrentado a un siglo XXI que desafía su propia identidad y referencias, debiendo lo mismo a la imaginería de la literatura polvorienta de un Meridiano de Sangre de Cormac McCarthy o un Donald Ray Pollock, como al espírito neo-noir de Giro al Infierno de Oliver Stone, Corazón Salvaje de Lynch o The Hot Spot de Dennis Hopper. Includes unlimited streaming of Hillbilly Noir They have been following the blues and American roots music from the beginning of the 90's. HILLBILLY NOIR is the union of a powerfull and agresive singer born in London, Colin Ward and the guitarist, Javier Tijuana, with his charismatic style and exciting and reckless sound, accompanied by the trio Tijuana Blues. Ambos llevan testificando el Blues y la música de raíces americanas desde principios de los años 90. HILLBILLY NOIR es el resultado de la unión del poderío y agresividad del cantante nacido en la ciudad de Londres COLIN WARD y el carismático estilo del guitarrista JAVIER TIJUANA con su excitante y temerario sonido. "We just play the Blues, but faster!/ Solo tocamos Blues, pero más rápido”- Javier Tijuana This Is Hillbilly Rock'n'Roll on methamphetamine/Esto es Hillbilly Rock’n’Roll con metanfetaminas.
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