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The Shadow's are the most popular instrumental band to come out of the UK. In the late fifties and early sixties, they were a back up band for Cliff Richards and the combination was known as Cliff andThe Shadows
The local fans here in Thailand
did not get a glimpse of them in action until the movie The Young Ones
come out in the early sixties. Before that, their only access to the band
was album cover photos and music magazines.
With the popularity of Cliff
and The
Shadows emerged a new breed of young
teen musician and band. A red Fender Stratocaster guitar, like the one
played by Hank B.Marvin, the lead guitarist of The Shadows, was on every
young musician's wish list. Due to lack of availability and money, the
German made red Hofner was widely seen in many of these bands instead.
But the local guitar shops were quickly filling their shelves with Stratocasters
and Vox echoes and amplifiers.
Soon, the music of The Shadows was being performed by
virtually every band in the local club scene in Bangkok, right down to
the Shadow's walk (a syncronized dance step done by the band).
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