Any photos of him using it ?
Kind regards Andy Dunne
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JimN wrote:I also remember seeing the same Bass VI being played by John Rostill on a "Royal Gala" televised in late 1966, where The Shadows played just one tune as a trio without Bruce, who had been taken ill that day. John played a hybrid bass / rhythm style (the live version of The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt was eventually released on "Atlantis - The Special Collection" (Fremus CDFR 0543).
Iain Purdon wrote:JimN wrote:I also remember seeing the same Bass VI being played by John Rostill on a "Royal Gala" televised in late 1966, where The Shadows played just one tune as a trio without Bruce, who had been taken ill that day. John played a hybrid bass / rhythm style (the live version of The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt was eventually released on "Atlantis - The Special Collection" (Fremus CDFR 0543).
Yes I remember watching that at the time - along with Hank’s characteristic announcement: “You may have noticed there are only three of us on stage tonight. That’s because one of us is missing!”
Boy, did that show us what a great musician John was?! He and Hank between them effortlessly rearranged the music to fill all the gaps that would have been filled by Bruce.
This is not to denigrate Bruce one iota, his contribution to the Shads was vital to the band they were. The HBBJ team with that membership was the ultimate musical line-up for The Shadows as a versatile full-time group.
iefje wrote:Here is Hank's announcement after they played "The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt". You can just see John with the Fender VI bass in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOwyaoxOMU
JimN wrote:iefje wrote:Here is Hank's announcement after they played "The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt". You can just see John with the Fender VI bass in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOwyaoxOMU
Interesting.
Has that been uploaded by the Cliff Richard Organisation?
kinman wrote:I own the fender bass V1 that Jet used in his last 9 years of performing !!!
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