The Shadows

Just music only tonight.

John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows there had been nothing worth listening to in British music."



Formed in 1958 as a 'backing band' for Cliff Richard, under the name 'The Drifters', the original members were Hank Marvin as lead guitarist, Jet Harris on bass guitar, Bruce Welch as rhythm guitarist and Tony Meehan, the drummer. To avoid confusion with the US R&B vocal group with the same name, they changed the name to 'The Shadows' in 1959. In 1960 they released their first hit 'Apache', that topped the charts for 5 weeks.



They were the best instrumental group on guitars at that time.



The unique combination of guitar sounds became their typical one and only one brand of music, 'The Shadows'.











Those were the days.



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