Interesting Shads story

[Twang46]

Found this in the local paper last night

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Cheers

Dick.

[Mark Burton]

Brian Marvin ?

[Twang46]

Brian Marvin ?

Brian was of course Hanks original Christian name. Raises the question of, in which order & when he changed names I suppose.
The story fits with my recollection of events at that time (as far as I remember!)

Cheers

Dick.

[Bojan]

Maybe he changed his last name to Marvin first and was called Brian Marvin for a while and later added Hank as his first name
Anyway, Brian is his middle name, so technically Brian Marvin is not incorrect . . . is it?

Interesting story!!

So, if this Wallace guy had played with them, would Hank have ended up playing bass, or would Bruce?

[ecca]

There's more luck in life than logic.
Poor chappie, I bet he could kick himself.

[Mark Burton]

Thought he went from Brian Rankin to Hank Marvin .......

Wasn't it something to do with Cockney Rhyming Slang ????

I'm Hank Marvin = Starving
I'm Brian Rankin =

[d jones]

Hi all i seem to have read somewhere that Hank changed from Brian because a number of classmates were called Brian,the Marvin bit of the name taken from one of his idols Marvin Rainwater?

Dave

[bridev]

Hi all,

Yes Dave is correct in what he says, according to the book. But I also seem to recall reading somewhere that the Marvin name came from his maternal grandmother(her maiden name) so take your pick.

Cheers
Brian

[Martin Page]

I thought it was well documented that the name came from Marvin Rainwater. I remember him headlining on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. No one had heard of him but I guess Hank thought that it was an interesting name to adopt...

Martin.

[Shad1]

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