NEW "Shadow" - bass player

[hansaustria]

Did I discover a new member of the Shadows ? Bruce said - " Hello, wer`e the Shadows .............. "

Hans

Sorry - here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMRm2GWZ ... re=related

[George Geddes]

The bassist is the late George Ford who did one Euro tour, and some TV shows.

George

[Jay Bass]

The bassist is the late George Ford who did one Euro tour, and some TV shows.

George

Hi
George ford A excellent Bassist
He was a top session player Mid 1970's
if i remember correctly he worked with steve harley & cockney rebel (come up and see me)
i think he also played the original bass part on Al stewarts (year of the cat) ?amongs others
a really great precision bass sound !

Regards
Jay

[Iain Purdon]

As many here know, George Ford was the son of Emile Ford, whose band The Checkmates included Alan Hawkshaw, also later to be associated with The Shadows..

[JimN]

As many here know, George Ford was the son of Emile Ford, whose band The Checkmates included Alan Hawkshaw, also later to be associated with The Shadows..

Hmmm....

I always thought that George was Emile's younger brother.

This website:

http://uk.ask.com/music/artist//554807

...seems to bear that out.

If George had been Emile's son, and bearing in mind that he was in his sixties when he died, Emile would have to be a very old man.

JN

[George Geddes]

Cousin, I thought...

George

[Iain Purdon]

Well I never, I've been labouring under a misconception for years! That'll teach me to pipe up

[SHADADDICT]

Just as a matter of interest, there were actually 'Three' Fords in The Checkmates . Emil (Sweetnam) and his two Step Brothers, George and David (Sweetnam-Ford) on Bass & Sax respectively.
Tony R.

[RayL]

In his autobiography, Bruce mentions Emil Ford as being one of the first to use backing tapes on stage.

"he asked his group (The Checkmates) to record all the music they featured together in the stage act. Emil then turned the tapes into backup tracks - and sacked the band. He didn't need them any more, and he went out on stage every night using two tape recorders for accompaniment. Definitely ahead of his time"

There is no mention in the book of George Ford (though Bruce must presumably have been aware of the relationship).

Ray L