The Shadows play 'Apache' in 2020!
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Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett & Sir Cliff Richard from legendary English instrumental rock group The Shadows, reunited to perform 'Apache' and tell the story of The Shadows' first UK #1.
The original recording was done at the EMI Abbey Road Studio in London. Singer-guitarist Joe Brown had bought an Italian-built guitar echo chamber that he did not like and gave it to Hank Marvin, who developed a distinctive sound using it and the tremolo arm of his Fender Stratocaster. Bruce Welch borrowed an acoustic Gibson J200 guitar from Cliff Richard, the heavy melodic bass was by Jet Harris, percussion was by Tony Meehan and Cliff Richard, who played a Chinese drum at the beginning and end to provide an atmosphere of stereotypically Native American music.