Description
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard from 1958 to 1968, and have joined him for several reunion tours.
The Shadows had 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 as the Shadows and 34 as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, ranging from pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence.The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars.
As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums. The Shadows built their signature sound on Fender guitars and Vox amplifiers, but around 1964, they replaced their Fenders with Burns guitars, with Bruce Welch citing tuning issues as the main reason.
The core members from 1958 to the present are guitarists Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett (who has been with the group since 1961) with various bassists and occasionally keyboardists through the years.
The Shadows’ number-one hits include “Apache”, “Kon-Tiki”, “Wonderful Land”, “Foot Tapper” and “Dance On!”
my Boss ME-90 tones for some absolute classics from The Shadows, 10 presets in this collection
Apache
Wonderful Land
Sleepwalk
FBI
Theme For Young Lovers
Midnight
Man Of Mystery
The Stranger
Kontiki
Peace Pipe
audio tone demos of some of these tones here , recorded totally direct!
Supplied via TSL file via Instant Download after purchase. You will need Boss ME-90 Tone Studio or the app to receive and import the tones we provide.
DISCLAIMER, i don’t own any of the music i mimic here, just a cover version by me showing the style of tone and how it sounds compared to the originals. Music from The Shadows is available to buy and stream from all the best retailers and music services. The track and album names and images are the property of the band, these are just my tones made to play along.
