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

I am not a guitar player however I understand what guitar players I such as to pay attention to and Duane Eddy is right up there close to the top of my checklist. His unique twangy noise defined his profession as well as caused him turning into one of the most effective known players in the world. In the late 1950s when rock music was still viewed as something “outdoors” of conventional society as well as a little bit of a menace that needed taming, Eddy’s style kept things raw and edgy (for the time). His songs like Rebel-rouser, 40 Miles of Bad Road, as well as Cannonball were all big hits. 40 Miles of Bad Road reached # 9 on the United States graphes in 1959 and has remained in lots of flicks as well as tv shows. You’ve probably heard it shrieking from the speakers at an auto program 1-200 times in your life as well.

This video clip guidelines because it seems to summarize the late 1950s in a flawlessly odd nutshell. The band is “playing” the tune while sitting atop some tractors and also farm equipment. Makes no sense, right? Not up until you see it, after that it simply strikes you as a completely 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!