by iefje » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:46 am
It was just over a year before The Shadows would break up for the first time, that Brian recorded his first solo album in March and August, 1967 and Hank recorded "London's Not Too Far" on November 4th of the same year. Maybe Hank thought "if Brian can do it, I can do it too". Also, they were getting tired of the yearly routine of doing things as a group, so that must have been one of the reasons to start making solo recordings.