BangShift Daily Tune Up: 40 Miles Of Bad Road– Duane Eddy (1959)

I am not a guitar player however I recognize what guitar players I like to listen to and also Duane Eddy is right up there near the top of my list. His distinctive twangy audio specified his occupation and also caused him turning into one of the most effective recognized players on the planet. In the late 1950s when rock-and-roll was still seen as something “outside” of mainstream culture and also a little a menace that required subjugating, Eddy’s design kept points raw as well as edgy (for the time). His tunes like Rebel-rouser, 40 Miles of Bad Road, and also Cannonball were all success. 40 Miles of Bad Road reached # 9 on the US graphes in 1959 and has remained in great deals of motion pictures as well as television shows. You’ve possibly heard it blasting from the speakers at an automobile show 1-200 times in your life also.

This video clip policies since it seems to summarize the late 1950s in a completely odd nutshell. The band is “playing” the tune while resting atop some tractors and also farm equipment. Makes no feeling? Not till you see it, after that it simply strikes you as an entirely amazing little moment in time.

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO HEAR DUANE EDDY AND HIS BAND PERFORM 40-MILES OF BAD ROAD ON TOP OF AN ELEPHANT!