Juri Nummelin:
>
Z0MB0Y@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Guitarist Link Wray is the most hardboiled
R&R I know. His slow strum of
> > minor chords and sudden bursts of fast runs
create an aura of menace which
> > matches the best of HB.
>
> I totally agree with you. He also has couple
crime-oriented pieces, like "Swag"
> and "Sweeper". At least they sound like some Fawcett
Gold Medal books from the
> mid-fifties!
Me too, me too! Yes, for the sheer sound of it, Link is
certainly about as HB as they get. And he had titles to
match, too, e.g. "Rumble", "Jack the Ripper", "Ace of
Spades", "The Black Widow", "Deuces High", "I'm Branded" and
-- my favourite -- "Big City After Dark".
I'd also like to nominate the Velvet Underground who
certainly were thematically HB and often also musically
(esp. the "White Light/White Heat" album). Lou Reed is a huge
Raymond Chandler fan, btw.
I also believe that if Ellroy's WHITE JAZZ was a piece of
music, it would be "L.A. Blues" by the Stooges.
Anders Engwall
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