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To: My Favorite Headache
This should create an interesting conversation.

Everybody in Britain that picked up a guitar before 1970 that is on this list, has listened to The Shadows, where Hank Marvin reigned supreme. Eric,Jeff,Keith,Jimmy Page,Pete,Iommi...(Heck even Michael Schenker AND Randy Rhoads even claimed him as an influence)---all of them.I may be in my mid 30's, but Hank Marvin of the Shadows contribution to guitar is much much LARGER than people realize.

309 posted on 02/17/2004 3:38:58 PM PST by Pagey (Hillary Rotten is a Smug and Holier- than- Thou Socialist)
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To: Pagey
Shadows were the backing band for Cliff Richard
311 posted on 02/17/2004 3:43:18 PM PST by dennisw ("Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass it's the American way" - Toby Keith)
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To: Pagey
IIRC, Hank Marvin owned the first Strat in Britain. It immediately became a must-have guitar for hundreds of budding players.

His influence in Britain was enormous. Virtually every British guitarist, from Clapton to Beck and even Syd Barret, claimed Marvin as a major influence.
313 posted on 02/17/2004 3:43:35 PM PST by Skooz (My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
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