The Shadows long and influential career has spanned 6 decades, with hit singles or albums in every one of them. Hank Marvin's guitar playing has been an inspiration to hordes of guitarists down the years, including the likes of Brian May, Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend. Over a decade since their last tour, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett
Acting
Hank Marvin's fingers doing things physics shouldn't allow.
Sound
That iconic Fender Strat tone — pure, crystalline, timeless.
Director
Aubrey Powell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Shadows essentially created the British instrumental rock sound, directly influencing everyone from The Beatles to Mark Knopfler. Without them, British guitar music as we know it doesn't exist.
Brian May's famous homemade 'Red Special' guitar was partly inspired by wanting to replicate Hank Marvin's tone without affording a Fender Stratocaster. Teenage May literally built his dream to chase this sound.
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