Link Wray is the self-titled 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee

Shawnee

The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...

 Indian Link Wray

Link Wray

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....

. The album was recorded in an old chicken shack on Wray's Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 farm, and is a passionate blend of Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, Country, and Folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 elements. The music is characterized by the purposeful use of simplified sounds to reflect the then-current vogue of blues and other "root" music being used in many rock bands. The recording included the use of a shaken can of pebbles as part of the percussion on several tracks. Still, Wray's guitar-work, composing and vocals reflected modern rock influences. Despite publicity from radio stations and print media in the Washington area, the album did not do well in national sales. The standout tracks are "La De Da", "Fallin' Rain", "Fire and Brimstone", and "Tail Dragger".

The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art , Charles , Aaron , and Cyril The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in...

 later covered "Fire and Brimstone" on their album Yellow Moon, while Americana

Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...

 band Calexico covered "Fallin' Rain" on a Special Edition of their album Feast of Wire

Feast of Wire

Feast of Wire is the fourth studio album of Arizona indie-rock band Calexico.- Track listing :# "Sunken Waltz" – 2:27# "Quattro " – 4:36# "Stucco" – 0:20# "Black Heart" – 4:48# "Pepita" – 2:36# "Not Even Stevie Nicks..." – 2:42...

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Track listing

1. "La De Da" (Steve Verroca) - 4:04
2. "Take Me Home Jesus" (Steve Verroca) - 3:21
3. "Juke Box Mama" (Steve Verroca) - 4:29
4. "Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes" (Steve Verroca) - 4:02
5. "Fallin' Rain" (Link Wray) - 3:44
6. "Fire and Brimstone" (Link Wray) - 4:21
7. "Ice People" (Link Wray) - 3:03
8. "God Out West" (Steve Verroca) - 3:54
9. "Crowbar" (Link Wray) - 4:48
10. "Black River Swamp" (Link Wray) - 3:58
11. "Tail Dragger" (Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon
    William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
    
    ) - 4:32

Personnel

• Link Wray
  Link Wray
  Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Doug Wray - guitar, drums, percussion, vocals
• Bobby Howard - mandolin, piano
• Bill Hodges - organ, percussion, vocals
• Steve Verroca - drums, percussion, vocals

Production

• Producer: Steve Verroca/Ray Vernon
• Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon/Chuck Irwin
• Mixing: Chuck Irwin