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The concert promoted up to seventeen acts, each performing two or three songs, all backed by the same band. In the beginning, admission was $1.50 ($13.50 in 2021). [1] By 1965 the price had risen to $2.50 ($22.50 in 2021). The summer tour went out from Memorial Day to Labor Day, sixty to ninety days on the road, nonstop. [1]
Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" guitar sound, including " Rebel-'Rouser ", " Peter Gunn ", and " Because They're Young ". [ 5 ]
March 31 – Norah Lee Allen, 76, background singer at the Grand Ole Opry and wife of Duane Allen. [142] April 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country songwriter and musician. [143] April 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American cross genre guitarist and innovator (“Rebel-'Rouser”, “Forty Miles of Bad Road”), cancer. [144]
Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series “Peter Gunn ...
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Colter met guitarist Duane Eddy in Phoenix. He produced her first record, and she toured with him. They were married in 1961 in Las Vegas, settling in Los Angeles. She pursued a career as a songwriter under her married name, Mirriam Eddy. Her songs were recorded by Don Gibson, Nancy Sinatra, and Dottie West. [2] Colter and Eddy have a daughter ...
Bruce Springsteen, who played with the E Street Band on Sunday in Cardiff, Wales, paid tribute to late guitarist Duane Eddy, who passed away April 30 in Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 86, in a ...
Lonnie McIntosh (July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016), known as Lonnie Mack, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.He was influential in the development of blues rock music and rock guitar soloing.