The late 1950s purveyor of 'rocketry' died on 27th February, aged 82.
A quote from his Daily Telegraph obituary...
The Shadows’ lead guitarist Hank Marvin recalled of Ellis: “He had the hair and the beard, which in 1961 was very far out.” Film survives of the Shadows backing him with an uncharacteristic slow blues – “free-form rubbish but fun”, Marvin recalled of their contribution – in front of surprised teenagers at Battersea Town Hall (for such performances Ellis coined the term “rocketry”).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkaWmI4N5E
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