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Iain Purdon wrote:Another aspect which is more about the instruments than the music.
When the Shadows moved to Burns in 1964, it wasn't specifically for their new material. They used them in their TV and Stage gigs for all their numbers, everything from Apache onwards. I think we have all contributed to the lower profile of the era by tying the guitars only to the records they were on. If we followed that logic, we would play the 1963 hits on White Fenders, not Red.
Rather than doing a Burns set, I'd be all for doing a full Shadows gig using the Burns guitars throughout, just as they did for over five years. We would be just as authentic as we are using Red Fenders: more so, because the Red period was relatively short. (Yes, they did go back to them later, but it was much later.)
Allclaphands wrote:Anyone know the real reason in particular why HBM after the Burns was stolen
went back to the Strat rather than get another Burns to go on with.
Allclaphands wrote:Anyone know the real reason in particular why HBM after the Burns was stolen
went back to the Strat rather than get another Burns to go on with.
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