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Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award-winning American 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” sound, including “Rebel Rouser”, “Peter Gunn”, and “Because They’re Young”. He had sold 12 million records by 1963.He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008. 

Full Name Duane Eddy
Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth April 26, 1938
Place Of Birth Corning, New York, United States
Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
Nationality American
Spouse Deed Abbate (m. 1979), Jessi Colter (m. 1962–1968), Peter Gunn, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Cannonball
Children Jennifer Eddy
Parents Lloyd Delmar Eddy, Alberta Eddy, Peter Gunn, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Cannonball
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/duaneeddymusic
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/duaneeddy
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248885
Awards Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, NME Award for World Musical Personality, Peter Gunn, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Cannonball
Movies The Savage Seven, The Wild Westerners, A Thunder of Drums
TV Shows American Bandstand
Quote
1 My dad had an old guitar and he showed me two or three chords, so I practiced them and sang to try to emulate my cowboy heroes Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Then, when I was about 10 or 11, I learned that you could play “up the neck”, so that kept me busy for another couple of years.
2 I started playing the bass strings as they made more impact – especially when amplified – but you had to have a strong riff or melody, and that’s what I did – and I played it with authority and feeling.
3 Hank Williams was my mentor, really. He said to get your own style and do it with authority. Some people didn’t get it, but I understood what he was getting at.
4 On Hank Garland: He’d work a country session for Stonewall Jackson during the daytime, then go out and play astounding jazz in a club at night. And he wrote one of the all-time great country instrumentals with Sugarfoot Rag. That’s the first I heard of him: playing Sugarfoot Rag on the Opry, just driving the folks wild.
Fact
1 Is mentioned in the song “Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me” by Reunion.
2 Covered the song “Sugarfoot Rag” by Hank Garland, in the early-sixties. It appeared again on his album, “The RCA Years: 1962-1964” released in 1999.
3 Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
4 Noted guitarist and composer who churned out a slew of highly charted instrumental hits in the late 50s and 60s (“Rebel Rouser”,”Cannonball”, “Yep”, “Forty Miles Of Bad Road”,”Because They’re Young”, “Pepe”,”Peter Gunn”, “Boss Guitar”), best known for his “twangy” guitar riffs.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Nowhere Boy 2009 writer: “Movin’ N’ Groovin'”
The Marty Stuart Show TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2009 writer – 1 episode, 2009
The Wrecking Crew! 2008 Documentary writer: “Cannonball”
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) 2000 TV Movie documentary performer: “Shazam” / writer: “Shazam”
Maslin Beach 1997 writer: “Forty Miles of Bad Road”
Scream 2 1997 performer: “Brothers”, “Secure”
The Beatles Anthology 1995 TV Mini-Series documentary writer: “Three- 30- Blues”
Milk Money 1994 performer: “Shout It Out”
Natural Born Killers 1994 performer: “Rebel-Rouser”, “Shazam!”, “The Trembler” / writer: “Rebel-Rouser”, “Shazam!”, “The Trembler”
Forrest Gump 1994 “Rebel-‘Rouser” 1958 / performer: “Rebel-‘Rouser” 1958
Next of Kin 1989 performer: “Wailing Sax”
Crime Story 1986 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Top of the Pops 1986 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Streets of Fire 1984 writer: “FIRST LOVE FIRST TEARS”
Grease 2 1982 “REBEL WALK” / performer: “REBEL WALK”
The Neon Palace 1971 performer: “Let’s Twist Again”
Rita, la figlia americana 1965 writer: “Somigli ad un’oca” English title Your Baby’s Gone Surfin'” – as Douane
Hollywood a Go Go TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1965 writer – 1 episode, 1965
New American Bandstand 1965 TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1965 writer – 1 episode, 1965
Shindig! TV Series writer – 2 episodes, 1965 performer – 1 episode, 1965
The Wild Westerners 1962 performer: “The Wild Westerners” / writer: “The Wild Westerners”
Ring of Fire 1961 performer: “Ring of Fire” / writer: “Ring of Fire”
Why Must I Die? 1960 writer: “Girl on Death Row”
Because They’re Young 1960 performer: “Shazam” / writer: “Shazam”
The Dick Clark Show TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1958 writer – 1 episode, 1958
11.22.63 2016 TV Mini-Series performer – 1 episode
Guitar Man 2015/I Documentary writer: “Rebel Rouser”
Selma 2014 performer: “House of the Rising Sun” / writer: “House of the Rising Sun”
Populaire 2012 performer: “First Love, First Tears” / writer: “First Love, First Tears”
Funny Show Part Two: The Video – Movie 2012 Video performer: “Peter Gunn”
Vile 2011 performer: “I’ll Pretend”
Justified TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2011 writer – 1 episode, 2011
Mafia II 2010 Video Game lyrics: “CANNONBALL”, “FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD”, “MOOVIN’ AND GROOVIN'”, “REBEL ROUSER” / music: “CANNONBALL”, “FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD”, “MOOVIN’ AND GROOVIN'”, “REBEL ROUSER” / performer: “CANNONBALL”, “FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD”, “MOOVIN’ AND GROOVIN'”, “REBEL ROUSER”
Flipped 2010/I performer: “Rebel Rouser” / writer: “Rebel Rouser”

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Sing a Country Song 1973
Kona Coast 1968 Tiger Cat
The Savage Seven 1968 Eddie
Have Gun – Will Travel 1961-1962 TV Series Young Cowboy / Carter Whitney Tyler
The Wild Westerners 1962 Deputy Marshal Clint Fallon
A Thunder of Drums 1961 Trooper Eddy

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Broken Arrow 1996 musician: baritone guitar
Dixie Dynamite 1976 musical artist
The Wild Westerners 1962 musician: title song

Composer

Title Year Status Character
La fuga 2014 Short

Self

Title Year Status Character
Love and Other Stunts 2017 Documentary post-production Himself
Bob Harris: My Nashville 2014 Documentary Himself
Austin City Limits 2013 TV Series documentary Himself
For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville 2013 Documentary Himself
The Marty Stuart Show 2009-2012 TV Series Himself – Audience Member / Himself – Special Guest
Breakfast 2011 TV Series Himself – Musician
Glastonbury 2011 2011 TV Series Himself
Later… With Jools Holland 2010 TV Series
Inside TV Land: 40 Greatest Theme Songs 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself
Top Ten 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1994 TV Series Themselves – Musical Guest
Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special 1988 TV Movie Himself
Love Me Tender: A Tribute to the Music of Elvis Presley 1987 TV Movie Himself
Top of the Pops 1975-1986 TV Series Himself
Musikladen 1975 TV Series
Discotheque 1969 TV Series Himself
Where the Action Is 1965-1966 TV Series Himself
New American Bandstand 1965 1958-1966 TV Series Himself / Himself – Musical Guest
Hollywood a Go Go 1965 TV Series Himself – Guitarist
Shindig! 1965 TV Series Himself – Guitarist
The Lloyd Thaxton Show 1964 TV Series Himself
Here’s Hollywood 1962 TV Series Himself
The Dick Clark Show 1958-1960 TV Series Himself
Spectacular 1960 TV Series Himself-and the Rebels
This Is Bobby Darin 1960 TV Movie Himself – Guest
Because They’re Young 1960 Himself – Guitarist (also as Duane Eddy and the Rebels)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1985 TV Series Himself

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