Hank 2 page spread todays Daily Express

[David Martin]

Good article but no modern day pic of Hank and certainly none of the 59.
Still, every plug is a good plug
Cheers
Ian

Hi Ian, the photo in the DE was upto date I think has he was holding the OASIS CRS59 No 54 which he has been using for all his interviews

Definitely not CRS number 54 Keith...

[EJK]

Although to be fair, it's perfectly true. The piece is primarily about Hank with reference to Cliff and Bruce. The first bass player and drummer to be 'recruited' were Sammy Samwell and Terry Smart. Jet and Tony soon took over but they lasted only some 3 years, before Brian, Licorice and then John - and it's the Rostill line-up that's pictured. An awful lot to explain if you start mentioning other names!

The paragraph which I highlighted was one describing the start of the Kalin Twins UK Tour and the formation of The Shadows, Terry Smart and Ian Samwell were away by then.

Quote; "Marvin and Welch were joined by a bass player and drummer and called themselves The Drifters. There was already an American vocal group of that name, however, and it was soon dropped in favour of The Shadows." - Fair enough if it was for some minor group, this band certainly was not.

Unfortunately articles like this are used as a source of reference many years later and the actual facts can get lost in the process. Regarding the Flying Scotsman, yes many of us from that era recall the class A3 names and numbers! Should you be interested in railways the same thing has applied for decades as captions written later to photographs taken back in these days, are in many cases incorrect. When these photographs are published subsequently in books/magazines the erroneous text is still used even although the publishers have been advised of the correct details.

Ah, the devil is in the detail!

[Iain Purdon]

Interestingly, the online article has been edited since this discussion began!

[keithmantle]

Good article but no modern day pic of Hank and certainly none of the 59.
Still, every plug is a good plug
Cheers
Ian

Hi Ian, the photo in the DE was upto date I think has he was holding the OASIS CRS59 No 54 which he has been using for all his interviews

Definitely not CRS number 54 Keith...

My mistake David.