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Bruce Welch (The Shadows) - Face To Face Interview With Rick Wakeman video

To view /download the entire 52 minute interview just register with http://www.rockondigital.com Some two decades have passed since The Shadows last performed with Cliff Richard. As the reunion is announced to celebrate their 50th Anniversary in the music industry, founding member and guitarist Bruce Welch meets musician Rick Wakeman and describes the extraordinary story of The Shadows. (52 Mins Approx) The group, together with their astonishing partnership with Cliff Richard, dominated the British popular music scene in the late '50s and early '60s enjoying record-breaking solo and joint careers, rising to international fame with multi-million record sales. The vivid memoirs of Bruce Welch's golden career are brought to light in this episode of 'Face To Face'. Mapping the moments that mattered from his roots of musical influence to his journey from the North of England, shared with his childhood friend and fellow Shadow, 'Hank Marvin' to London's thriving scene. Rick Wakeman and Bruce Welch thread together the fashion, faces and subsequent fame that spawned from the Rock & Roll Mecca that was the 2I's coffee bar in London's Soho, right through to the final farewell tour of Cliff Richard & The Shadowsan act that will forever fair well in Rock & Roll's lush history and a legacy laced with the phenomenal influence that their guitar style and sound had on luminaries from The Beatles and beyond.

Running time: 01:52

 

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