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Travis Wammack

American musician (born 1946)

Musical artist

Travis Wammack (born November 1946 in Walnut, Mississippi, United States)[1] is an American rock and rollguitarist from Memphis, Tennessee.

Described as an "instrumental genius"[2] and "a precursor to guitar-hero shredding",[3] he is known for his "magnificent guitar pyrotechnics",[4] "hot and speedy guitar chops",[2] and "wild guitar workouts"[5] featuring early use of fuzztone and distortion.[4] A child prodigy, Wammack's first record was released in 1957 when he was eleven years old,[6] and at seventeen he hit the American charts with "Scratchy", an instrumental which peaked at #80 in 1964, although the initial release of the record was in the summer of 1962.[7] He also charted briefly in 1966 at #128 with an instrumental version of "Louie Louie".[8]

Wammack worked as a session guitarist at Sonic Recording Service[9] and Hi Records in Memphis and at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the 1960s

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TRAVIS WAMMACK

There are some names you never forget. Names like Narvel Felts, Felton Jarvis, Elvis Presley...Good Southern names for self-styled boys that made some of rock-n-roll’s great wild records. Such a name and such a man is Travis Wammack. Born in Walnut, Mississippi, he began his professional music career when he wrote and recorded his first record at the tender age of eleven, and also became the youngest member ever voted into the musicians union. After moving to Memphis, Tennesse, the young guitarist made his mark on the music world at the age of sixteen with his 1963 number one hit “Scratchy”. He was the first to develop and use the fuzz tone for an electric guitar. By 1969, Wammack’s skills landed him in Muscle Shoals, Alabama where he teamed with legendary producer Rick Hall at Hall’s FAME Records. Travis’ guitar licks can be heard on hit records that have sold over 'SIXTY MILLION' copies!…songs recorded by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Little Richard, Mac Davis, Clarence Carter, the Osmond Brothers, Bobbie Gentry, Candi Staton, Delbert McClinton

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Birmingham Record Collectors

In 1947, a piece of the Rock ‘n’ Roll puzzle was put into place. That was the year, at age three, that Travis Wammack’s family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Born in Walnut, Mississippi in 1944, Travis was now in a place where Rock ‘n’ Roll would be developed. He was now in the right city at the right time with the right people and, with his ability to play the guitar, he would become part of the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll music.

Travis began playing the guitar at age 8 and by the time he was 11 would be playing professionally in clubs around the Memphis area. Eddie Bond, a Memphis DJ who would record some rockabilly songs of his own, discovered Travis and added him to his band at that young age. In fact, he was so young that he became the youngest person to be voted into the musician’s union. He had to join this group so he could continue to play the club circuit. Also, at this time Travis had his first record – both sides being written by him. Those songs – “Rock and Roll Blues” and “I’m Leaving Today” – were released on the Memphis Fernwood labe

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