Category: The Shadows

"Shooting Star"

The Shadows: World’s Tiniest Rockers

Vintage Guitar‘s well-researched history of the Vox musical equipment company contains a particularly delightful side story about “wee” instruments that were designed and manufactured strictly for marionettes! Peter Stuart Kohman has the scoop: One of the most oddball Vox orders was for a set of miniature equipment for singing puppets, specifically,

April 29, 2015 No Comments

"Zambesi"

“Zambesi”: Hooray for Hank Marvin!

What a revelation it must have been in the early 1960s when folks first encountered the clear, ringing tone of Hank Marvin‘s Stratocaster on such soaring guitar instrumentals as “Mustang,” “Kon Tiki,” “Spring Is Nearly Here,” and “Wonderful Land.” Question = Who else was getting that kind of sound out

August 1, 2014 No Comments