John Fogerty Pays Tribute to Duane Eddy: 'The King of the Guitar'

John Fogerty Remembers Duane Eddy: ‘Unlike Any Guitar I’d Ever Heard’ Starting with “Rebel-‘Rouser” in 1958, Duane Eddy’s instrumental hits from the early rock & roll era made the guitar the star of the show. On that song and those to follow, like “Peter Gunn,” “Cannonball,” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road,” Eddy used vibrato and lent his guitar a deep sound by emphasizing bass strings. In doing so, he influenced an entire incoming generation of guitar players — including …