band name
Steve Jackson & The Boys
submitted by
John Parkes. I wanted to play and sound like Hank Marvin and was bought a Hofner Clubman and a Selmer 10watt Amplifier. Now this was a real guitar, and I started to play seriously, but it did not sound the same as Hank! I bought all the records to play along with - I had them on auto play on the Dancette record player (you know with the arm back) but I still did not sound the same as the records.
Then I found out Hanks guitar was different, and so was his Amp. He even had an echo box, something I had not got. I got a Watkins Copycat echo box, a continuous loop tape echo from Smedleys music shop in Printing Office Street Doncaster (the shop is still there today). It still was not the same sound as Hank!
There was this wonderful place in Leeds called Kitchens Music. It was an Aladdins cave of musical instruments and they had a Fender Stratocaster, which was the same guitar that Hank played. By now I was 16 years old. I bought a Fender Stratocaster in Flamingo Pink for 160 guineas, a Vox AC30 Combo Amp for 110 pounds and a Baby Binson Echo for 110 pounds and 5 shillings. When I got these plugged in and switched on - Wow! This was the sound, I had got there at last!
who's in the picture
John Parkes, lead guitar; Terry Hardy, rhythm guitar; Eric (Brun) Brown, drums; Ben Thornton, vocals.
where was the band based
Doncaster, UK
years active
Early 1960's
musical influences
The Shadows
notes
We did a good few working mens clubs in and around the Doncaster Area. We had a manager called Ray Brooks who used to get us bookings and drive us and our gear around.
brushes with fame
...
where are they now
I play lead guitar in a Shadows tribute band called The Apaches. See
http://www.theapaches.org/
for more information.
Steve Jackson & The Boys
submitted by
John Parkes. I wanted to play and sound like Hank Marvin and was bought a Hofner Clubman and a Selmer 10watt Amplifier. Now this was a real guitar, and I started to play seriously, but it did not sound the same as Hank! I bought all the records to play along with - I had them on auto play on the Dancette record player (you know with the arm back) but I still did not sound the same as the records.
Then I found out Hanks guitar was different, and so was his Amp. He even had an echo box, something I had not got. I got a Watkins Copycat echo box, a continuous loop tape echo from Smedleys music shop in Printing Office Street Doncaster (the shop is still there today). It still was not the same sound as Hank!
There was this wonderful place in Leeds called Kitchens Music. It was an Aladdins cave of musical instruments and they had a Fender Stratocaster, which was the same guitar that Hank played. By now I was 16 years old. I bought a Fender Stratocaster in Flamingo Pink for 160 guineas, a Vox AC30 Combo Amp for 110 pounds and a Baby Binson Echo for 110 pounds and 5 shillings. When I got these plugged in and switched on - Wow! This was the sound, I had got there at last!
who's in the picture
John Parkes, lead guitar; Terry Hardy, rhythm guitar; Eric (Brun) Brown, drums; Ben Thornton, vocals.
where was the band based
Doncaster, UK
years active
Early 1960's
musical influences
The Shadows
notes
We did a good few working mens clubs in and around the Doncaster Area. We had a manager called Ray Brooks who used to get us bookings and drive us and our gear around.
brushes with fame
...
where are they now
I play lead guitar in a Shadows tribute band called The Apaches. See
http://www.theapaches.org/
for more information.
band name
Steve Jackson & The Boys
submitted by
John Parkes. I wanted to play and sound like Hank Marvin and was bought a Hofner Clubman and a Selmer 10watt Amplifier. Now this was a real guitar, and I started to play seriously, but it did not sound the same as Hank! I bought all the records to play along with - I had them on auto play on the Dancette record player (you know with the arm back) but I still did not sound the same as the records.
Then I found out Hanks guitar was different, and so was his Amp. He even had an echo box, something I had not got. I got a Watkins Copycat echo box, a continuous loop tape echo from Smedleys music shop in Printing Office Street Doncaster (the shop is still there today). It still was not the same sound as Hank!
There was this wonderful place in Leeds called Kitchens Music. It was an Aladdins cave of musical instruments and they had a Fender Stratocaster, which was the same guitar that Hank played. By now I was 16 years old. I bought a Fender Stratocaster in Flamingo Pink for 160 guineas, a Vox AC30 Combo Amp for 110 pounds and a Baby Binson Echo for 110 pounds and 5 shillings. When I got these plugged in and switched on - Wow! This was the sound, I had got there at last!
who's in the picture
John Parkes, lead guitar; Terry Hardy, rhythm guitar; Eric (Brun) Brown, drums; Ben Thornton, vocals.
where was the band based
Doncaster, UK
years active
Early 1960's
musical influences
The Shadows
notes
We did a good few working mens clubs in and around the Doncaster Area. We had a manager called Ray Brooks who used to get us bookings and drive us and our gear around.
brushes with fame
...
where are they now
I play lead guitar in a Shadows tribute band called The Apaches. See
http://www.theapaches.org/
for more information.
Steve Jackson & The Boys
submitted by
John Parkes. I wanted to play and sound like Hank Marvin and was bought a Hofner Clubman and a Selmer 10watt Amplifier. Now this was a real guitar, and I started to play seriously, but it did not sound the same as Hank! I bought all the records to play along with - I had them on auto play on the Dancette record player (you know with the arm back) but I still did not sound the same as the records.
Then I found out Hanks guitar was different, and so was his Amp. He even had an echo box, something I had not got. I got a Watkins Copycat echo box, a continuous loop tape echo from Smedleys music shop in Printing Office Street Doncaster (the shop is still there today). It still was not the same sound as Hank!
There was this wonderful place in Leeds called Kitchens Music. It was an Aladdins cave of musical instruments and they had a Fender Stratocaster, which was the same guitar that Hank played. By now I was 16 years old. I bought a Fender Stratocaster in Flamingo Pink for 160 guineas, a Vox AC30 Combo Amp for 110 pounds and a Baby Binson Echo for 110 pounds and 5 shillings. When I got these plugged in and switched on - Wow! This was the sound, I had got there at last!
who's in the picture
John Parkes, lead guitar; Terry Hardy, rhythm guitar; Eric (Brun) Brown, drums; Ben Thornton, vocals.
where was the band based
Doncaster, UK
years active
Early 1960's
musical influences
The Shadows
notes
We did a good few working mens clubs in and around the Doncaster Area. We had a manager called Ray Brooks who used to get us bookings and drive us and our gear around.
brushes with fame
...
where are they now
I play lead guitar in a Shadows tribute band called The Apaches. See
http://www.theapaches.org/
for more information.
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