To celebrate the publication of the first section of my second novel, “Run Chicken Run,” at storySouth, here are some of the songs that inspired it: Link Wray’s “Vendetta,” “The Fuzz,” “Pancho Villa” and Link’s best vocal track, “Hidden Charms.” Like so many things in my creative life, Link provided the drive and soundtrack to this project, which is still ongoing. Now that there’s an excerpt published, though, I should probably get back to work on this novel; it can’t be the forever forthcoming novel forever. Endless thanks to editors Terry L. Kennedy and Drew Perry for taking a chance on it and for their careful reading and edits. Time for some fuzz:
Posts Tagged ‘Link Wray’
my Link Wray-inspired novel
Posted in Music, Writing, tagged dude, fuzzy guitars, instrumental rock and roll, Link Wray, literary magazines, music, music writing, novel-in-progress, reverb, Run Chicken Run, storySouth, surf music, wicked awesome on September 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »