Hank Marvin - Guitar Player
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Track List: Guitar Player
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Album Details: Guitar Player
- Release Date:
- 01/01/2002
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Pro Reviews: Guitar Player
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Hank Marvin, mostly playing a Favino acoustic guitar (and, occasionally, the "Hank Marvin"model Fender Stratocaster), turns in some delightful work on this 58 minute CD, supported by players including Ben Marvin on guitar, Ray Martinez on bass, Gary Taylor on rhythm guitar, and Ric Eastman on drum. The music ranges across the decades from the 1950's to the 1970's the virtuosity is beyond question and the arrangements on familiar fare such as "Sunny Afternoon, "American Pie", "Ticket To Ride" and "Eleanor Rigby", brings out some unexpected attributes to the songs, as well only "Your Song" does what one would expect in its arrangement, and that tune is so pretty that one would never want to deviate too far from the basics on it. Some of the original tunes are less than memorable melodically, but the playing is always interesting enough to hold the listener, and one of them, "A TallA Tall Dark Stranger" could have made a good single two or three decades ago, with its rippling double lead guitar parts. The sound is stateoftheart, and the whole CD is a superb and worthy creation for one of England's foundation rock musicians. - Bruce Eder, All Music Guide |
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Hank Marvin Biography
A major influence on British guitar heroes of the '70s such as Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, Hank Marvin played lead guitar for the Shadows, one of the U.K.'s top instrumental outfits and backing band for Cliff Richard on most of his hits. Born Brian Rob...Full Hank Marvin Biography
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