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Title Rumble: The American Indians Who Rocked the World
Published Madman Entertainment, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes) : .flv file, sound
Summary Many artists and musical forms played a role in the creation of rock, but arguably no single piece of music was more influential than the 1958 instrumental “Rumble” by American Indian rock guitarist and singer/songwriter Link Wray. When recalling Link Wray's shivering guitar classic, “Rumble,” Martin Scorsese marvels, “It is the sound of that guitar . . . that aggression.” "Rumble" was the first song to use distortion and feedback. It introduced the rock power chord -- and was one of the very few instrumental singles to be banned from the radio for fear it would incite violence. RUMBLE explores how the Native American influence is an integral part of music history, despite attempts to ban, censor, and erase Indian culture in the United States. As RUMBLE reveals, the early pioneers of the blues had Native as well as African American roots, and one of the first and most influential jazz singers' voices was trained on Native American songs
Notes Title from title frames
Film
In Process Record
Performer Link Wray, Taylor Hawkins, Wayne Kramer
Event Originally produced by Madman Entertainment in 2017
Notes In English
Subject Music.
History.
Documentary films.
history (discipline)
Documentary films.
History.
Music.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Maiorana, Alfonso, film director
Bainbridge, Catherine, film director
Wray, Link, actor
Hawkins, Taylor, actor
Kramer, Wayne, actor
Madman Entertainment (Firm)
Kanopy (Firm)