Post #118838 by st. john the bassist on Sat, Oct 9, 2004 11:05 AM

On 2004-10-08 05:55, Trader Woody wrote:
I can certainly confirm that the Shadows were huge in the UK for a while. (Certainly before my time!). The used record bins of most charity shops usually have at least one old Shadows album.

The Cliff Richard connection is probably the reason why they don't get as much kudos from today's hipsters. Cliff is seen as a national joke to anyone who's under 60 and/or male. I guess this stops people from checking out their twangy side.

I'm not sure if they are still performing, but they seemed to do many a tour over the years. I imagine they made a lot more from live shows than record sales in their later days.

Incidentally, Jet Harris (of the Shadows) performed with the Rapiers (who ape the Shadows sound) at the Wild Weekend 3, which I went to. Incredibly talented chap.

Finally, the cockney rhyming slang for I'm starving is 'I'm Hank Marvin'.(lead guitarist of the Shadows).

Trader Woody

"slang for I'm starving is "I'm Hank Marvin"

Thanks, great info on the Shadows. I am too a Jet Harris fan. In a book I read he claimed to be the "First person to own a electric bass guitar in the UK" I don't know if we'll ever know if that's true or not . My friends and I have had a discussion on who recorded the first electric bass solo. It might have been Jet, but we agreed that it was "The Who's", John Entwhistle, on "My generation" as being the real first Bona fide electric bass solo. Jet Harris on one tune, I forget the title now, did some bass runs inbetween stops in a tune but we agreed it was close to a solo but not a legitmate one. Opinions may differ on this topic. As for the quote, how did this saying come about?