In 1970, legendary rock guitarist
Link Wray was recruited by veteran rockabilly singer and lyricist
Joey Welz to collaborate on an album called
Listen to the Voices That Want to Be Free, which also featured
Link's brothers and longtime musical partners Vernon Wray (bass, rhythm guitar) and Doug Wray (drums). The original release was credited to
Joey Welz, with the
Wray brothers listed as session players, but in 2005, the material from the
Listen to the Voices sessions was reissued by
Welz under the title Brothers and Legends: Listen to the Voices That Want to Be Free, now credited to
Joey Welz and
Link Wray. In 2013, the recordings surfaced again as
Rumble & Roll, with the billing changed to "
Link Wray with
Joey Welz." This music recalls the laid-back stomp of
Wray's early-'70s work for Polydor rather than the feral guitar workouts of his classic '50s sides (though
Wray does amble through a remake of "Rumble"), and
Welz's lyrics are back-to-the-land country-rock fare, except for a few tunes that recall his '50s roots. ~ Mark Deming