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  2. John Rostill - Wikipedia

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    John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking [1] in autumn 1963.. He wrote many of the tunes by the Shadows including "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" in 1964.

  3. The Shadows - Wikipedia

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    The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as the Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, ranging from pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. [2] The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, [ 3 ] were the first backing band to emerge as stars.

  4. Jet Harris - Wikipedia

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    Terence "Jet" Harris MBE (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician. He was an original member of Cliff Richard's backing band the Shadows, serving as the bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, after which he had success as a soloist and as a duo with that band's drummer Tony Meehan.

  5. List of bass guitarists - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1950s, the electric bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. Bass guitarists provide the low-pitched basslines and bass runs in many different styles of music ranging from rock and metal to blues and jazz. Bassists also use the bass guitar as a soloing instrument in jazz, fusion, Latin, funk, and in some rock ...

  6. Mark Griffiths (musician) - Wikipedia

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    The Rutles, The Shadows Musical artist Mark-Haydn Griffiths (born in Northampton , Northamptonshire ) [ 1 ] is a British bassist who toured with Neil Innes in his touring ensemble of the fictional Beatles parody the Rutles where he performs Rutles songs and other songs from his career such as his songs from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band .

  7. List of lead guitarists - Wikipedia

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    Hank Marvin (The Shadows) Junior Marvin (Bob Marley and The Wailers) J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) Hideto Matsumoto ; Tak Matsumoto ; Brian May ; John Mayer (John Mayer Trio, Dead & Company) Nick McCabe ; Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks) Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season)

  8. Brian Locking - Wikipedia

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    Brian "Licorice" Locking (22 December 1938 – 8 October 2020) [1] was an English musician and songwriter known for his tenure as bassist with The Wildcats in 1959 and The Shadows, between 1962 and 1963. During his time with the Shadows he appeared with Cliff Richard in the musical film Summer Holiday.

  9. Bruce Welch - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Cripps (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as Bruce Welch, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. [ 1 ] Early life