Moderne wrote:It's good to see this six-year old thread resurrected and to read through it again. The Shadows' onstage banter - while not always laugh-out-loud funny when written down - helped to create the unique atmosphere of their concerts and was an extension of their huge personalities.
When introducing Equinoxe V, Hank would sometimes say, "And now we'd like to play a number by the well-known French musician Jean-Paul Jarre..."
Bruce: "Don't you mean Jean-Michel Jarre?"
Hank: "Oh...obviously not as well-known as I thought he was!"
A variation on this conversation was as follows:
Bruce: "Don't you mean Jean-Michel Jarre?". Hank: "Jean-Michel? Ohhh! Apparently, this man, Jean-Paul Jarre, has changed his name. He changed it to Jean-Michel, without telling me".
Another variation was during one of Hank's solo shows, when he introduced "Oxygene (Part IV)":
Hank: "This was actually written by the French composer Jean Mitchell Jarrah. I call him that, because he calls me 'Onk'. 'ello Onk'".