The Shadows - The Final Concert Part 2

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There were two projects at least known as The Shadows One was a roots reggae outfit that cut a couple of 7 "s on Trojan Records The second is in the detail below The Shadows were the fore-runners of the guitar bands of the British pop scene in the swinging sixties They began as The Drifters in the late fifties but changed the name to the Shadows to avoid confusion with an American group of the same name The original members Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Jet Harris (bass) and Tony Meehan (drums) The Shadows originally the musical support of Cliff Richard in the very popular "Cliff Richard Show" They were stars on their own when their recording "Apache" hit number one spot by the British chart in 1959 and förblied there for several weeks This was followed bya series of No. 1 hits including "Kontiki" "Atlantis" Wonderful Land "" Foot Tapper "and" Dance On "Not happy to be a great aid musicians drummer Tony Meehan and Jet Harris, bass player left to beat out on their own they manage to beat to No 1 spot by "Diamonds" who had the honor of being the only bass guitar solo piece to enter the UK charts success was limited and they faded away shortly thereafter therefore replaced by drummer Brian Bennett and bassist John Rostill Shadows of the musical support of all the early Cliff Richard will also meet with Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch gave voice chorus in support of the majority of Cliff & # 8217, Richard's hit songs The impact of Shadows on the British pop scene of the sixties can only be described as historically their markwas the unique sound of Hank Marvin's Guitar Hank was largely influenced by the guitar playing style of Scotty Moore, who provided the guitar solo in support of Elvis Presley's earlier recordings, but he later developed his own style is copied by guitar groups all over Europe It was Hank who introduced the use of echo or reverb, he pioneered the use of the Meazzi echo-box a device that gives a rich resonance to guitar sounds, he was also master of the Tremolo Arm installled a bar on electric guitars to vary the pitch of a note Other Hank Marvin Trade was subdued a technology with their hit "Foot-Tapper" and penta-tonic "double stops" (listen to the guitar riff of Cliff Richard's "Livin" Doll "to get an idea of how it feels) Hank used a combinationation of Muting and Reverb in "Atlantis" and "Wonderful Land" to bring about a "new sound" which other musicians imitated A characteristic feature of Shadows' music was brilliant guitar sounds of Bruce Welch in the background and in hits like "Peace Pipe "and" 36-24-36 "a few bars were awarded only guitar Bass guitar was featured in" Kon-Tiki "In" 36-24-36 "bass lead and rhythm guitarists took turns to show case their skills a little known fact was that while all the Three used top of the range Fender electric guitar on stage an acoustic guitar that was used by Bruce Welch in most of their recordings In sixtiesthe Shadows raises a whole series of pop bands with identical make, consisting of three guitarists and a drummer With the passage of time its brand the music gradually slowed down inpopularity In 1968, The Shadows bottom leaves behind a legacy of all guitar music fans will always appreciate Hank and Bruce continued to play with co-opting of other musicians and there were occasional reunions with Jet and Tony Besides music albums the Shadows also appeared in all Cliff Richard movies most of which were light-hearted comedy with a musical theme Tragedy beating former Shadows twice in November 1973 John Rostill mistakes electrical power fail their own electric guitar unknown to most people were John's talent as a composer, he wrote "Please Mr. Please" and "Let Me Be There "which, though ignored by the singer in the UK became hits when recorded by Olivia Newton John founders and original drummer Tony Meehan, who played with the Shadows frobberies from 1958 to 1961 died of head injuries due to a decline in November 2005 at age 62, Tony was a member of Shadow's "Apache" Man Of Mystery "FBI" "The Savage" and he was also the drummer for Cliff Richard's "Living Doll" "Please Do not Tease" "Travellin 'Light" and "I love you"