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Accident, indeed. However, Ike Turner accidentally did distortion 9 years before in 1951 on “Rocket 88”. The guitarist’s amp was damaged on the way to Sam Philips’ Sun Studios by rain. In an effort to fix it, they added wadded up newspaper to the amp’s cone. Sam liked the sound and put it into wax.
Accident, indeed. However, Ike Turner accidentally did distortion 9 years before in 1951 on “Rocket 88”. The guitarist’s amp was damaged on the way to Sam Philips’ Sun Studios by rain. In an effort to fix it, they added wadded up newspaper to the amp’s cone. Sam liked the sound and put it into wax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_88#Original_version