Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock ‘n’ roll who inspired such legends as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townshend, has died. He was 76.
Wray died Nov. 5 at his home in Copenhagen, his wife and son said on his Web site. No cause of death was given, but his family said his heart was “getting tired.” He was buried Friday after a service at Copenhagen’s Christian Church.
“While playing his guitar he often told the audience, ‘God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play,’” his wife, Olive, and son, Oliver Christian, wrote. “We saw you go with God, you were smiling.”