Touring Australia back in 1984 with a name UK artist, I was lucky enough to meet Hank in Sydney, and we shared an Indian meal together near the (now gone) Sebel Town House. He was every bit as much of a perfect gentleman as you'd expect - graciously answering questions about the Shads and Strats which he must have done a mililon times. What a hero.
Hank's greatest moment was when John Hill of Fender USA opened the first Artist Relations Centre in the world in Kensington London near Jimmy Page and also Steve Hackett's houses and to celebrate the start of the new Post-CBS era he had a clone of the Cliff Richard EMI 59 Strat made as the first Post CBS Strat ever and presented it to Hank with Bill Schultz, Dan Smith and some guests Hill invited such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Alan Murphy, Richard Thompson and others all dropping in to give Hank a good send off to make Australia his home in 1985
Hank has been a Guitar hero of mine since I was about 8 years old, now I'm 66, and when we eventually got a record player in our house, the Shadows were the first records I bought. No one has ever had a sound or style like Hank since then, right up to now, definitely a living legend! 👍❤️
What a gent. loved hearing Hank talk about his life playing the guitar. You can see he is still as passionate about the instrument. Such a beautiful guitar player too.
That folks …. Is 0ne Genuine Giant of a Gentleman!!! Who just so happens to have a Great God given Gift for Guitar…..enough now with the ‘G’s’ Just a heartfelt thanks to the U.K. For sharing this humble, witty and subtle gentle Genius with the rest of us. So renowned he has his own emoji..🎸🎸🎸
Hank Marvin and the Shadows were the peoples band. Everyone loved them and there unique style and humour. Cliff and the Shadows were on TV throughout the 60's, and made a couple of big hit movies, The Young Ones and Summer Holiday, the latter being extremely exciting for a population, who, for the most part, could not afford to travel abroad at the time. What a true legend Hank is.
He sets an example to many a guitar player around the globe. A total inspiration to the music world as a whole. He is guilty of inspiring thousands of today's guitar players, including me.
I can't believe how great he looks. I can definitely still see the kid who accompanied Cliff in the late 1950s. Well, that's what clean living and great guitar playing does to you.....
Met hank and his wife years ago when they stayed at the hotel i was head chef at, super nice couple, even invited me to have coffee with them in the morning...
being 20 years old it was my dream to have this guitar sound like the shadiws. I was able to do it when I was 60. I formed a band and we play music the shadows.
What a fantastic story. I got into electric guitar after seeing The Shadows play ‘Ghost Riders In The Sky’ on Top Of The Pops …a music programme in UK in the 1970’s. I fell in love with the look and sound of the Stratocaster and Vox AC30. …. I was totally transfixed by it. Never looked back. Learnt to play , grew up, joined a band and did hundreds of gigs since. Never underestimate the influence and motivational impact of a 3 minute song on a young person’s life. ❤
Hank is the man who inspired me to learn the guitar . How I wish I could meet him and shake his hand. I've enjoyed 60 years of playing the guitar thanks to him
I'm 29 and I just want to say you did good shadows,I'm young and I've been inspired by you guys for about ten years. Hank your single note melodies and triads you made are used in every song today. Millions of guitarist have been made from you.
More than one generation. I love the way Tony Iommi namechecks Hank as one of the two crucial influences on his playing. Tony. Iommi. Let that sink in for a moment. Brian May as well. Most British guitarists grew up idolising Hank to one degree or another. He democratised the guitar in UK. You could play guitar, you didn't have to be American, you could wear glasses and still be effortlessly cool. Underestimate the influence of Hank and the Shadows at your peril.
What an absolute legend. I saw him play live with his son Ben and with Brian Bennett three times in the early 90s. He doesn’t appear to have aged much since then!
Hank is the reason I wanted to play seriously, thanks Hank for the 40+ years of music I have been able to play along with and enjoy yours and the Shadows music.
Here's a funny story. When I was a kid (I'm almost 70) I heard the Shadow's doing Apache. I just started playing and wanted to learn the song. I loved the guitar part. I sat at the record player for hours trying to figure it out. I was playing a horrible nylon string at the time but eventually I figured it out. For many years even though I had heard and loved the Shadows as a kid I didn't know who they were or who Hank Marvin was until about 10 years ago when an Australian fellow told me about Hank. Since then I've been a big fan and realized that he was one of the greatest influences on rock guitar even before the Beatles, much like Dick Dale and the Deltones. This is a great interview, thanks for doing it and thank you Hank for all your inspiration.
Like so many of us, first thing I learned to play was apache,,,no surprise 40 years later I also play like I,m singing,there was so many things we learned without even knowing it trying to copy Hank.Got a photo in our music store few years back with him,he is just as natural as he was in this interview. Legend !
While Hank, Cliff, Bruce and Brian are still alive and well, there's nothing more to wish than for them to reunite for a tour, a gig, an album, a dinner - anything will do.
Brilliant listening to Hank talk and man he looks great for his age! Always underrated are that trio of albums he made in the early 70s with Bruce Welch (only on two of them) and John Farrar - particularly ‘Second opinion’. If you’ve not heard them do check them out. I’ve heard them described as. British Crosby, Stills & Nash - and yes there are some similarities. The real revelation is few realise what a great singing voice Hank has - he actually sounds like Roger Daltrey when he’s belting them out. Great stuff.
I feel an affinity with Hank, I remember admiring Hanks playing when I was a young boy living in England in the 1960's, so it is weird to see him here in Perth as a fellow pom! I was inspired to learn guitar by Hank, along with the other guitar players from the 1960's
He has a unique style all his own and is a great guitarist in his own right. Not only is he a great performer but I also like him as a person. You can't say that about a lot of other performers because many of them seem highly conceited.
J’ai 77 ans et je me souviens encore du coup de flash que j’ai ressenti quand j’ai écouté le premier disque à succès de ce groupe en 1960. J’admire autant le merveilleux travail de Bruce Welch en rythmique dans tous les styles. Chaque titre de leurs disques estcomme un diamant bleu. Il est facile de jouer du Shadow mais c’est très difficile de le jouer aussi bien. Merci Hank et ton groupe pour m’avoir fait rêver pendant 40 ans !
The white guitar Mr Marvin played in Knebworth in "Good Golly Miss Molly" was a white power Strat. They reissued a limited Japanese-made run last year, or the year before. Nice to see him in such good form!
Fantastique reportage !!!je suis bouche bée devant mon idole racontant ses débuts de prise en main de la STRAT !!! avec bien entendu son manche de vibrato !!!!!!!!!!!! merci pour le post !
I went to one of his show in the UK, stood right next to him while he signed away his autograph on the album covers that fans brought in, he looked up at me and asked “Don’t you want anything?” then just laugh 😀 What a nice guy! ❤
He's one of those guitar players that comes along and astounds everyone with a new sound. I thought he would want his original red Strat back but he says at 13:23 ne doesn't really want it. I wonder why. Now we know it really belongs to Cliff.
I think Hank is kind of irreverent when it comes to guitars. He only really used that '59 Stratocaster for a few years before it went back to Cliff. He seems to prefer his more modern spec custom shop guitars.
Bruce Welch actually now has custody of the original guitar with the gold hardware. Bruce played it at the London O2 arena Final Reunion concert in 2009, (check it out on TH-cam). I did read that was the last time the Strat was seen on stage.
I'm pretty sure it was Hank who was creating such a positive vibe...the guitar just happened to be a strat,to suggest he could not have done it on another guitar is rather fool-hearty
Heard David Gilmour talking about Hank being one of his inspirations to learn the guitar when he was first starting out,that shows how much of a legend he is👍👍
Not only Gilmour, but Mark Knopfler, Pete Townshend, Albert Lee, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and many others as well as the thousands of us who never became famous!
An American, I am! My faves other than four Americans are Brit’s! EC, JB, DG and JP! Hank is an always has been the British comparison to Dick Dale! Stellar individual. Yes
We met Hank & Bruce backstage at a concert on their 1989 Irish tour. They were brilliant with our young son. Cool guys. When I shook hands with Hank it suddenly dawned on me that I was shaking the hand that plays Apache! Their show was just amazing. Right after the concert they headed to Dublin where they stayed in the Gresham Hotel where the Beatles stayed the one night they played Dublin.
So it’s 1962, & I’m 10 years old. My Dad took me to see The Young Ones film with Cliff Richard in it. That’s when I first saw Hank & a Strat. It’s all I thought about. I made him take me twice more just so I could see the Shadows again. I’m now 70 and still have 2 Strats, still OCD about them & all thanks to Hank. Thanks Hank 👍😁 I don’t know when this interview was, but Hank is a Gent’. My first axe hero.
I grew up with the Shadows on the radio. Always loved that instrumental guitar sound. I have a genuine 90s Korean Strat with gold hardware and I often play apache badly just to remember the old days.🎸🪕👍
When I ceased living in NYC in 2017, I resigned myself to the fact that I would no longer be in a city with music stores on my doorstep and with major players dropping in. I now live in Perth, WA. Both Manny's and Concept are about as far away from my home as Sam Ash was in Manhattan. Plus here's Perth resident Hank Marvin chatting at Concept Music. Funny old world, eh? [He's 80! Just look at the state of him!! That's the benefits of the Aussie lifestyle for you!!!]
Ahh ... my original guitar hero! Lovely to see Hank out and about. My only regret is never seeing him and the boys play live. I was in Perth a few years back and was hoping to bump into him or that he would be playing locally, but sadly that didn't happen. Been a fan for 60 years plus. Wishing him all the best moving forward.
Hank inspired me to learn to play, and eventually buy a Fiesta Red Strat. Today i mainly play Ibanez due to their slim wide necks suiting my arthritic hands better. But Hanks sound is still the one i prefer, no distortion a bit of reverb and plenty of echo and you are ready to try and sound like Hank, but don't expect to sound as good. He is a true master of his sound.
Hank is one classy guitarist, and ask you said, a true master! That is so cool he inspired you to play - hope you've still got the Strat ;) Thanks for the comment Allan!
Ben studied guitar in London I read somewhere gaining a degree years ago. Played in the HM band for many years and for a time lived in Cambridge, UK. These days he is in a duo with Thalia and another events/covers band in Perth.
When Fender Strats did eventually come into the UK after the UK government relaxed the post war restriction the so called Candy or Hank Marvin Red was in short supply. (I think the official colour was Fiesta Red, but was often called Candy or Hank Marvin Red.) There was a busy refinishing industry, some via dealers and some as an after market to the purchaser, to refinish from other colours to that. Most of this was as buyers that wanted a Strat wanted one just like Hank Marvin including the colour.
I remember Albert Lee had a type of strat copy in 59 ,called a futurama/grazioso. you could not get a genuine strat at that time.I have a pic of Albert playing it on stage somewhere around 59.
Great to see my Idol chatting about his guitars. Saw the Shads many times in Sydney "Chequers Night Club" back in the day, that was post Jet Harris & Tony Meehan. I was with my mates at a table and a lady came up to me to sign an EP for her daughter I was chuffed but I new I was Hank's Double, it was scary. So Harold B became Hank B. great memories
Touring Australia back in 1984 with a name UK artist, I was lucky enough to meet Hank in Sydney, and we shared an Indian meal together near the (now gone) Sebel Town House.
He was every bit as much of a perfect gentleman as you'd expect - graciously answering questions about the Shads and Strats which he must have done a mililon times.
What a hero.
Hank's greatest moment was when John Hill of Fender USA opened the first Artist Relations Centre in the world in Kensington London near Jimmy Page and also Steve Hackett's houses and to celebrate the start of the new Post-CBS era he had a clone of the Cliff Richard EMI 59 Strat made as the first Post CBS Strat ever and presented it to Hank with Bill Schultz, Dan Smith and some guests Hill invited such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Alan Murphy, Richard Thompson and others all dropping in to give Hank a good send off to make Australia his home in 1985
Excellent. Well done to the interviewer for letting Hank talk without interruption.
THE Hank, his vintage Strat and a wall full of brilliant guitars all together. Heaven on Earth.
Hank has been a Guitar hero of mine since I was about 8 years old, now I'm 66, and when we eventually got a record player in our house, the Shadows were the first records I bought. No one has ever had a sound or style like Hank since then, right up to now, definitely a living legend! 👍❤️
I had the honour of meeting Hank after a show in 1995, he signed my Strat and took the time to talk to everyone who had waited to see him. Legend
More power to you Hank, you will always be in our hearts and your instrumental music like APACHE- THE BEST EVER.
Hank inspired a whole generation of guitarists, as did the Beatles, Hendrix and EVH
Hank is almost 80. Still looks great and is as sharp as a tack.
Amen to that
I saw the Shadows in 1967, supported by the Master’s Apprentices (just back from the UK).
Fabulous and fantastic!!!
Talks and moves like a 30-year-old. Astounding.
Legend!
My all time great. !!!!
What a gent. loved hearing Hank talk about his life playing the guitar. You can see he is still as passionate about the instrument. Such a beautiful guitar player too.
Outstanding
Apache changed rock and roll for ever, and still sounds as good now. Well done Hank, your sound inspired millions of guitarists.
Just taught my little boy to play it. He loves it. 😍
Well done you.@@HieronymousCheese
What a nice guy. He inspired so many people with his particular sound and playing style.
Millions of guitarists including the biggest names in the business have been directly or indirectly influenced by the great Hank Marvin.
That folks …. Is 0ne Genuine Giant of a Gentleman!!!
Who just so happens to have a Great God given Gift for Guitar…..enough now with the ‘G’s’
Just a heartfelt thanks to the U.K. For sharing this humble, witty and subtle gentle Genius with the rest of us. So renowned he has his own emoji..🎸🎸🎸
Hank Marvin and the Shadows were the peoples band. Everyone loved them and there unique style and humour. Cliff and the Shadows were on TV throughout the 60's, and made a couple of big hit movies, The Young Ones and Summer Holiday, the latter being extremely exciting for a population, who, for the most part, could not afford to travel abroad at the time. What a true legend Hank is.
Wow, thats one of the best interviews with Hank I have ever seen!
How can he remember all of that!
Wow, this man looks energic and you wouldn't believe he is almost 80.
He sets an example to many a guitar player around the globe. A total inspiration to the music world as a whole. He is guilty of inspiring thousands of today's guitar players, including me.
I can't believe how great he looks. I can definitely still see the kid who accompanied Cliff in the late 1950s. Well, that's what clean living and great guitar playing does to you.....
Met hank and his wife years ago when they stayed at the hotel i was head chef at, super nice couple, even invited me to have coffee with them in the morning...
being 20 years old it was my dream to have this guitar sound like the shadiws. I was able to do it when I was 60. I formed a band and we play music the shadows.
What a fantastic story. I got into electric guitar after seeing The Shadows play ‘Ghost Riders In The Sky’ on Top Of The Pops …a music programme in UK in the 1970’s. I fell in love with the look and sound of the Stratocaster and Vox AC30. …. I was totally transfixed by it. Never looked back. Learnt to play , grew up, joined a band and did hundreds of gigs since. Never underestimate the influence and motivational impact of a 3 minute song on a young person’s life. ❤
Hank is the man who inspired me to learn the guitar . How I wish I could meet him and shake his hand. I've enjoyed 60 years of playing the guitar thanks to him
Same here. !!!!
I'm 29 and I just want to say you did good shadows,I'm young and I've been inspired by you guys for about ten years. Hank your single note melodies and triads you made are used in every song today. Millions of guitarist have been made from you.
i love Hank's wit and humour
Hank 👓 you're true legend. You have inspired a whole generation of guitarists.
More than one generation. I love the way Tony Iommi namechecks Hank as one of the two crucial influences on his playing. Tony. Iommi. Let that sink in for a moment. Brian May as well. Most British guitarists grew up idolising Hank to one degree or another. He democratised the guitar in UK. You could play guitar, you didn't have to be American, you could wear glasses and still be effortlessly cool. Underestimate the influence of Hank and the Shadows at your peril.
What an absolute legend. I saw him play live with his son Ben and with Brian Bennett three times in the early 90s. He doesn’t appear to have aged much since then!
Yes me too and amazing concerts!
He is a true legend and influenced everyone absolutely unique ❤
Hank is the reason I picked up a guitar 60 years ago and still love playing it…….my first guitar hero 👍🍷
Hank is like a bloke half his age. astounding
Hank is the reason I wanted to play seriously, thanks Hank for the 40+ years of music I have been able to play along with and enjoy yours and the Shadows music.
I met Hank in Perth back in 1989 at Zenyth Music, I even had a brief jam with him. He is a beautiful person.
Hank is one of my favorite guitarist and I'm so glad to see him doing so well, such a pleasure thanks for making this video!
Man o man he looks and sounds great for his age. I've seen guys 20 years younger who are just burn outs and look and terrible. Go Hank!
'Apache' has to be one of the most influential guitar tracks ever. Living Legend right there.
He looks exactly the same as when he was 50...crazy good genetics or something :)
It's the reverb turned up to 10....I am sure it has some cell-preserving effect on the human body :-D
Great to hear Hank speaking in a down to Earth, informative manner, with a good sense of humor to boot. Thanks heaps.
Every time I see Hank he looks as young as ever. I dont know how he does it.
Looks well and seems to have aged naturally … don’t think he has resorted to the tar-brush like Ringo!
Here's a funny story. When I was a kid (I'm almost 70) I heard the Shadow's doing Apache. I just started playing and wanted to learn the song. I loved the guitar part. I sat at the record player for hours trying to figure it out. I was playing a horrible nylon string at the time but eventually I figured it out. For many years even though I had heard and loved the Shadows as a kid I didn't know who they were or who Hank Marvin was until about 10 years ago when an Australian fellow told me about Hank. Since then I've been a big fan and realized that he was one of the greatest influences on rock guitar even before the Beatles, much like Dick Dale and the Deltones. This is a great interview, thanks for doing it and thank you Hank for all your inspiration.
Like so many of us, first thing I learned to play was apache,,,no surprise 40 years later I also play like I,m singing,there was so many things we learned without even knowing it trying to copy Hank.Got a photo in our music store few years back with him,he is just as natural as he was in this interview. Legend !
Good interview, Hank Marvin is a real gent, no airs and graces and an interesting and entertaining guy, not to mention his fine guitar playing.
Hank looks better than ever....got to have great respect for him.
While Hank, Cliff, Bruce and Brian are still alive and well, there's nothing more to wish than for them to reunite for a tour, a gig, an album, a dinner - anything will do.
Great interview and really interesting memories from Hank. He’s the godfather of all British guitarists. 🙋♂️🇬🇧🎸🎸
What?? He's a terrible guitarist ffs.. you know nothing.. watch Joe bonamassa..
@@bernarddover1442 Its all relative. Do some history and learn a bit of respect boy.
@@bernarddover1442 What an unlettered comment.
Brilliant listening to Hank talk and man he looks great for his age! Always underrated are that trio of albums he made in the early 70s with Bruce Welch (only on two of them) and John Farrar - particularly ‘Second opinion’. If you’ve not heard them do check them out. I’ve heard them described as. British Crosby, Stills & Nash - and yes there are some similarities. The real revelation is few realise what a great singing voice Hank has - he actually sounds like Roger Daltrey when he’s belting them out. Great stuff.
I feel an affinity with Hank, I remember admiring Hanks playing when I was a young boy living in England in the 1960's, so it is weird to see him here in Perth as a fellow pom! I was inspired to learn guitar by Hank, along with the other guitar players from the 1960's
A Squier Affinity?
A legend in his own right. Any number he plays, he just makes it his own.
Hank and the Shadows changed my life 60 yrs ago ha ha now 71, still can't beat the Shads
La musique en général est une thérapie, et la musique des Shadows tout particulièrement.
He has a unique style all his own and is a great guitarist in his own right. Not only is he a great performer but I also like him as a person. You can't say that about a lot of other performers because many of them seem highly conceited.
Great interview, Hank comes across as a really nice guy, he must have loads of great stories to tell.
I always remember the solo on Living Doll ,I became a fan from then on . Great player .
Hank is the best, love him and love to hear the stories about the strat , very interesting, thank you
Wracking my brain to think of a reason anyone would dislike this video. Haven't come up with anything yet.....
There are no dislikes?
@@ernielamprell4532 There were when I posted the comment! Those responsible have obviously seen sense and removed their 👎's 😉
Hank marvin is the reason i play electric guitar and own a fiesta red fender stratocaster hank is down to earth and the best guitar player
mark knopfler said the same...
absolument !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Know what you guys mean, but a red Start just sounds the same as a yellow one.
Such a lovely bloke, would love to meet him
loved the laid back interview nice one Graham thumbs up
Humble people. Treasure of human kind.
Like so many others Hank and " Apache " immediately lead me into a life with guitars day & night . Thanks Hank you are a real guitarist .
If you go to Blackpool, there is a Busker called Andy who gets a very good Hank sound out of his Strat. The guy is blind and plays in the summer.
J’ai 77 ans et je me souviens encore du coup de flash que j’ai ressenti quand j’ai écouté le premier disque à succès de ce
groupe en 1960.
J’admire autant le merveilleux
travail de Bruce Welch en rythmique dans
tous les styles. Chaque titre de leurs disques estcomme un diamant bleu. Il est facile de jouer du Shadow mais c’est très difficile de le jouer aussi bien. Merci Hank et ton groupe pour m’avoir fait rêver pendant 40 ans !
Best guitarist ever .I grew up with the shadows music .best wishes from vincent in Iceland
great questions with plent of time and space to answer them...This is how it's done talk show hosts!
I’m with you Hank on relics!
When he was in his 16 or 17, he looks like my hubby, i admired Hank for his stunning playing of his guitar. HE IS A GREAT GUITARIST. INCOMPARABLE ONE.
He looks great, sharp as a tack too.
The white guitar Mr Marvin played in Knebworth in "Good Golly Miss Molly" was a white power Strat. They reissued a limited Japanese-made run last year, or the year before. Nice to see him in such good form!
Fantastique reportage !!!je suis bouche bée devant mon idole racontant ses débuts de prise en main de la STRAT !!! avec bien entendu son manche de vibrato !!!!!!!!!!!! merci pour le post !
Merci Jean-Claude! :)
I went to one of his show in the UK, stood right next to him while he signed away his autograph on the album covers that fans brought in, he looked up at me and asked “Don’t you want anything?” then just laugh 😀 What a nice guy! ❤
Hank's accent!
The Oz is creeping in, but loving how it swung from one place to another (like it should when you move).
Love fiesta red strats.❤️
No mention of his Burns guitars? Loved Hank's "French tone" at the end.
He's one of those guitar players that comes along and astounds everyone with a new sound. I thought he would want his original red Strat back but he says at 13:23 ne doesn't really want it. I wonder why. Now we know it really belongs to Cliff.
I think Hank is kind of irreverent when it comes to guitars. He only really used that '59 Stratocaster for a few years before it went back to Cliff. He seems to prefer his more modern spec custom shop guitars.
@@garyjovanovitch3863 That probably is the case, I'd like to ask him.
Bruce Welch actually now has custody of the original guitar with the gold hardware. Bruce played it at the London O2 arena Final Reunion concert in 2009, (check it out on TH-cam). I did read that was the last time the Strat was seen on stage.
@@cliffwheeler7357 Thankyou for the info, I will give it a look.
He sure deserve it a million times
My favourite ever album is The Shadows 20 Golden Greats. Viva Hank!
There can’t be a house in the country that doesn’t own a copy of The Shadows 20 Golden Greats
apart from mine
we dont...
Ah, but have they got an original DB-4484?
I'm pretty sure it was Hank who was creating such a positive vibe...the guitar just happened to be a strat,to suggest he could not have done it on another guitar is rather fool-hearty
Er, fool-hardy??? But I do agree with you, except maybe about the tremolo arm.
Heard David Gilmour talking about Hank being one of his inspirations to learn the guitar when he was first starting out,that shows how much of a legend he is👍👍
Also Mark Knopfler often mentions Hank as a major influence. They both came from the Newcastle area as well 👍🏼
One more great fan of him: Mark Knopfler!
@@Nomad-cd2my - lol - I didn't read your reply 👆
Tony Iommi, too
Not only Gilmour, but Mark Knopfler, Pete Townshend, Albert Lee, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and many others as well as the thousands of us who never became famous!
Yip Hank ,Scotty Moore, Eddie Cochran and all the greats .Hank just hasn't changed still looks the man 👌👍👏👏👏👏👏👏🏴🇬🇧🥃
You forgot Chet Atkins.
he looks and sounds great....must be all that clean good living in Perth WA!
What a legend! Will always be remembered by many - especially when their hungry!
An American, I am! My faves other than four Americans are Brit’s! EC, JB, DG and JP! Hank is an always has been the British comparison to Dick Dale! Stellar individual. Yes
Check out GG - Guthrie Govern..🤟
My first inspiration as a very young child. Absolute legend to everyone. Sad day when he goes!!
What I like is this man is not a shadow of himself
No pun intended
Good taste to be living in western Australia
We met Hank & Bruce backstage at a concert on their 1989 Irish tour. They were brilliant with our young son. Cool guys. When I shook hands with Hank it suddenly dawned on me that I was shaking the hand that plays Apache! Their show was just amazing. Right after the concert they headed to Dublin where they stayed in the Gresham Hotel where the Beatles stayed the one night they played Dublin.
Probably actually 1990 but great story!
So it’s 1962, & I’m 10 years old. My Dad took me to see The Young Ones film with Cliff Richard in it. That’s when I first saw Hank & a Strat. It’s all I thought about. I made him take me twice more just so I could see the Shadows again. I’m now 70 and still have 2 Strats, still OCD about them & all thanks to Hank. Thanks Hank 👍😁 I don’t know when this interview was, but Hank is a Gent’. My first axe hero.
I grew up with the Shadows on the radio. Always loved that instrumental guitar sound. I have a genuine 90s Korean Strat with gold hardware and I often play apache badly just to remember the old days.🎸🪕👍
How great is this? Nice work @conceptmusic. What an absolute legend.
Hank still looks great and you know you are a true legend when your name becomes rhyming slang...vintage.
When I ceased living in NYC in 2017, I resigned myself to the fact that I would no longer be in a city with music stores on my doorstep and with major players dropping in. I now live in Perth, WA. Both Manny's and Concept are about as far away from my home as Sam Ash was in Manhattan. Plus here's Perth resident Hank Marvin chatting at Concept Music. Funny old world, eh? [He's 80! Just look at the state of him!! That's the benefits of the Aussie lifestyle for you!!!]
The benefits of no drug and booze and smoking is what one gets from living a clean life, not living in any country.
@@myjames48 You have the perfect surname to be making such commentary.
The consummate professional, has set the bar for every player! The closest thing to a real Superhero ;-)
Hank is so cool.
Great interview but I can't but help noticing that green SG background. It's gorgeous.
Great interview. Something about the Burns Marvin guitar would also have been interesting, perhaps. Thanks!
Ahh ... my original guitar hero! Lovely to see Hank out and about. My only regret is never seeing him and the boys play live. I was in Perth a few years back and was hoping to bump into him or that he would be playing locally, but sadly that didn't happen. Been a fan for 60 years plus. Wishing him all the best moving forward.
Hank inspired me to learn to play, and eventually buy a Fiesta Red Strat.
Today i mainly play Ibanez due to their slim wide necks suiting my arthritic hands better.
But Hanks sound is still the one i prefer, no distortion a bit of reverb and plenty of echo
and you are ready to try and sound like Hank, but don't expect to sound as good.
He is a true master of his sound.
Hank is one classy guitarist, and ask you said, a true master! That is so cool he inspired you to play - hope you've still got the Strat ;)
Thanks for the comment Allan!
Hello Hank....I've been hooked on to you since 1962.....and still am. And I won't let go ! You have been my idol and will remain so.
I hope I look as good as Hank when I get to his age!
Fabulous.
Nice. Very grounded, relaxed. You two talk my language!
Thanks for posting - really enjoyed the interview
Ben studied guitar in London I read somewhere gaining a degree years ago. Played in the HM band for many years and for a time lived in Cambridge, UK. These days he is in a duo with Thalia and another events/covers band in Perth.
When Fender Strats did eventually come into the UK after the UK government relaxed the post war restriction the so called Candy or Hank Marvin Red was in short supply. (I think the official colour was Fiesta Red, but was often called Candy or Hank Marvin Red.) There was a busy refinishing industry, some via dealers and some as an after market to the purchaser, to refinish from other colours to that. Most of this was as buyers that wanted a Strat wanted one just like Hank Marvin including the colour.
I remember Albert Lee had a type of strat copy in 59 ,called a futurama/grazioso.
you could not get a genuine strat at that time.I have a pic of Albert playing it on stage somewhere around 59.
good lord he looks to be in his 60's or so.. all that good life
Living Legend 🎸‼️
Partway through the video, I stopped to make a cuppa. While the kettle was boiling I found myself whistling 'Man of Mystery'. Funny old world innit?
Great to see my Idol chatting about his guitars. Saw the Shads many times in Sydney "Chequers Night Club" back in the day, that was post Jet Harris & Tony Meehan. I was with my mates at a table and a lady came up to me to sign an EP for her daughter I was chuffed but I new I was Hank's Double, it was scary. So Harold B became Hank B. great memories
Wow, what an absolutely great interview. Such a great relaxed easy going gentleman.