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Travis Lavoid Wammack Sr. was an American rock and roll guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. Described as an "instrumental genius" and "a precursor to guitar-hero shredding", he is known for his "magnificent guitar pyrotechnics", "hot and speedy guitar chops", and "wild guitar workouts" featuring early use of fuzztone and distortion. Taught by Ruby Ester Jones of Walnut, MS and Memphis, TN a child prodigy, Wammack's first recording was made when he was 12 years old, and released in 1957 on Fernwood, and at the age of 19 he hit the American chart with "Scratchy", an instrumental which peaked at No. 80 in 1964. He also charted briefly in 1966 at No. 128 with an instrumental version of "Louie Louie". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
