Duane Eddy, twangy guitar icon of early rock, dead at 86

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitarist who made his debut in the 1950s, has died. The twangy guitarist was 86.

Eddy died of cancer on Tuesday at the Williamson Health Hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, his wife, Deed Abbate, said.

Eddy paved the way for a new generation of guitarists by focusing on the bass strands on the guitar versus the high ones. During his career, Duane sold more than 100 million copies and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

"I had a distinctive...