I'm 61 yrs old. I've idolised Hank Marvin & Bruce Welch and The Shadows since I was five years old and first saw them getting off of a steam train at King's Cross Railway station back in the late 50s when I was just a very young kid. I've followed their every move since then and met them many times and had photos taken with them using my own CANON SLR. Also photographed them many times myself both during and after concerts. For my money and my life,Hank Marvin and the Shadows and Hanks other bands that includes members of his and Brian Bennets family, have been the greatest of all time for me.
Ray Davidson, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent, England, UK.
I first heard the sound of The Shadows way back in the 1960's and have never tired of it. They have inspired many young people in my home state, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, to form instrumental groups (lead, rhythm, bass and drums) and entertain hordes of instrumental music fans at home. The Shadows are an original. Their music will endure with the passage time. I am sure many septuagenarians like me who have been Shadows fans since their teens, will continue to enjoy the music of one of the world's foremost instrumental groups of all times -- THE INCOMPARABLE SHADOWS. Even now, in my golden years, I can still hear the exhilarating beats of Tony Meehan's See You In My Drums. The original Shadows drummer has passed on (God bless his soul) but the group for which he drummed in the formative years, will live on and so will his name as an original member of the group. Signed: Kest
When I heard Billy Idol's "White Wedding" for the first time in 1982, the first thing that occurred to me was that the guitar riffs were inspired by the various versions of this song.
True story.. my uncle was in the Shadows as the keyboard player just before they made it big...my grandmother wouldnt allow him to go to London though and told him he needed a proper job...but they still went and the rest is history as they say.....fair play to him though he never held it against her.
Hank gives him a mention in his book which he was over the moon with...