Today at work I was chatting with one of my fellow print designers and one of the copy writers named Jeff. In mid conversation Jeff said “has anybody ever told you that you bear a striking resemblance to one of the all time great Fender players?” being caught off guard I said “no the only thing people have said I resemble is one of the inbred disfigured mutants from the Hills Have Eyes”. Jeff replied “Have you ever heard of Hank Marvin from The Shadows?” Now I consider myself to be a pretty big music buff but I’ve got nothing on the guys around here and the 50’s and 60’s aren’t my strong suite so I honestly replied that I had no idea who that was. Jeff went on to give me a cool little history lesson about The Shadows and how Hank Marvin was one of the first guys in the UK to play a Stratocaster and how he inspired Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Page and a hand full of other legendary British rockers to play Fender because they idolized him.
I was intrigued so I decided to get online and see if Jeff was right. I found some of The Shadows material online and gave it a listen while I searched for photos to see if I could guess which one he “thought” I resembled. As soon as I saw the first photo is was pretty evident that Jeff was spot on and I do look a lot like Hank Marvin. The resemblance isn’t too strong from the front but if you look at his profile it’s pretty close. That and we both like our glasses thick, black and out of date,well I guess his were probably all the rage.
