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  • Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86

    Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancerDuane Eddy, the rock’n’roll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser and the theme to the TV series Peter Gunn, has died at the age of 86.The Grammy-winning artist died of cancer surrounded by family at Williamson Health hospital near his home in Franklin, Tennessee, his wife Deed Abbate told the Associated...

  • Duane Eddy, legendary rock ‘n' roll guitarist, dies at 86

    Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll, has died at age 86.