  hank brian marvin (born 28 october 1941), also known as hank b. marvin, is an english musician, a multi-instrumentalist, as well as a vocalist best known as lead guitarist for the shadows. the group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was a backing band for cliff richard. marvin has a distinctive guitar sound and appearance, primarily using a clean sound with distinctive echo and vibrato giving a dreamy effect. == personal life == he was born brian robson rankin in newcastle upon tyne, england. as a child, he played banjo and piano. after hearing buddy holly, he decided to learn the guitar.hank marvin â guitar god. he chose the name hank marvin while launching his career. the name is an amalgamation of his childhood nickname, hank, which he used to differentiate himself from friends also named brian, and marvin rainwater, a country and western singer. when marvin was 16, he travelled with his rutherford grammar school friend, bruce welch, to london, where he met johnny foster, cliff richard's manager, at the 2i's coffee bar in soho. foster was looking for a guitarist for richard's tour of the uk, and marvin joined provided there was a place for welch. foster had been looking for guitarist tony sheridan at the 2i's, but he encountered marvin. marvin and welch joined the drifters, as richard's group was then known. marvin met richard for the first time at a nearby soho tailor's shop, where richard was having a fitting for a pink stage jacket. the drifters had their first rehearsal with richard at the webb family home (cliff's parents) in cheshunt, hertfordshire. his first wife was beryl, with whom he had four children; dean(born 1962) twins peter and paul(born 1963) and thailia(born 1966)http://www.independent.co.uk/news/th
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