Hugely influential to generations of rock guitar players, Eddy helped define an era, and establish the electric guitar as an instrument with a voice all its own. Born in Corning, New York in 1938, ...

The name Duane Eddy is synonymous with legendary. The most successful and influential instrumentalist in rock 'n' roll history, Duane Eddy blended his signature styles of blues, jazz and gospel, to ...

In short: Acclaimed rock'n'roll guitarist Duane Eddy has died at 86 of cancer. Eddy's distinct "twangy" style of guitar playing proved heavily influential on rock'n'roll and surf music through the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and ...

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitarist who made his debut in the 1950s, has died. The twangy guitarist was 86. Eddy died of cancer on Tuesday at the Williamson Health Hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, his ...

*** Duane Eddy, Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology (Rhino): Of course, there’s a lot of cool, echo-laden guitar on this two-CD anthology of 1950s-60s guitar hero Duane Eddy. Unfortunately, after ...