Duane Eddy, who became the first true guitar hero of the modern musical era, has died. Variety reports that Eddy died in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn., on Tuesday (April 30) at the age of 86. Born in Corning, N.Y., on April 26, 1938, Eddy began playing guitar at the age of five. He would go on to pioneer a unique “twangy” guitar sound that saw him playing melodies on the instrument’s bass strings. Eddy released his first single, “Movin’ n’ Groovin’,” in early 1958, and his next single, “Rebel-‘Rouser,” gave him his breakthrough hit, reaching No. 6 and selling more than a million copi…