The position on stage of The Shadows' members has virtually been the same ever since they first appeared on stage. From an audience point of view and taking the original Shadows line-up as an example, Hank's position is front right, Bruce's position is front left, Jet's position is front centre and Tony's position is back centre. This has stayed this way after Brian Bennett, Brian Locking and John Rostill joined. Exceptions thereafter were the Hank, Brian, John and Alan Hawkshaw line-up and the Hank, Bruce, Brian, John Farrar and Alan Tarney line-up. From the “20 Golden Dates” tour on, the place of the four main musicians on stage reverted back to their original positions, but with an additional position for the keyboard player back left.
I was wondering who originally decided these positions and why they are as they are. Does anyone know?