Dance With the Guitar Man

by Duane Eddy

Dance With the Guitar Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1963
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:33
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The pioneer of the 'twangy' instrumental sound incorporates highly prominent female backing vocals and handclaps into his signature rumbling bass-string melodies. The title track explicitly acknowledges the shifting teenage dance crazes, successfully adapting his menacing rockabilly roots into a slightly more polished, commercial pop format. The album demonstrates the evolving intersection of instrumental rock and mainstream radio appeal.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, guitar-driven, retro, dance, punchy

Tracklist

  1. (Dance With The) Guitar Man (2:40)
  2. Limbo Rock (2:00)
  3. Wild Watusi (2:24)
  4. The Scrape (2:25)
  5. New Hully Gully (3:13)
  6. Popeye (The Hitchhiker) (2:16)
  7. Spanish Twist (2:46)
  8. The Climb (2:30)
  9. Loco-Locomotion (2:44)
  10. Nashville Stomp (2:12)
  11. Creamy Mashed Potatoes (2:27)
  12. Waltz Of The Wind (2:50)

Credits

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