(30th October 1959)
Cliff and Hank Marvin share the honours here. Cliff snuggles in close again but stays on the humble side of smarmy. Hank is a model of restraint: tiny lick-lets of guitar (at 0′46″ for instance) adding just a hint of colour and a delicate solo rounding the track off. The result is a rather English bit of campfire music, as relaxed and comfortable as a warm pair of hiking socks. 6
Written by Tom on Thursday, April 15th, 2004 | 917 views |
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FT's bramble on September 7th, 2006
I think this was the record that Hank Marvin first played his (pink) Fender Stratocaster on
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