Marvin uses a clean guitar sound with a Vox amplifier and often uses an echo, also known as delay, for songs like "Apache" and "Wonderful Land". He also developed a distinctive way of using the guitar's vibrato to give a "dreamy feel" to his playing.
He chose the name Hank Marvin while launching his career.
His 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.
Sixteen-year-old Marvin and his Rutherford Grammar School friend, Bruce Welch, met Johnny Foster, Cliff Richard's manager, at The 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho London. Foster was looking for a guitarist for Cliff Richard's UK tour and was considering Tony Sheridan. Instead he offered Marvin the position. Marvin joined The Drifters, as Cliff Richard's group was then known, provided there was a place for Welch.
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.
Marvin influenced many British rock guitarists, including George Harrison, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton, Steve Howe, Roy Wood, Tony Iommi, Pete Townshend, Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck.
In Canada, Cliff Richard and the Shadows had top 10 hits, especially from 1961 to 1965. Canadian guitarists Randy Bachman and Neil Young credit Marvin as influential.
Marvin also had a solo career. His first critically lauded, self-titled solo album of instrumentals, which featured guitar set to orchestrated backing, was released in 1969, following the first disbanding of The Shadows, in late 1968. The single, 'Sacha', from the album, topped the singles chart in New South Wales, Australia, having been 'discovered' by two DJs at 2WG Wagga Wagga. [15] Marvin's solo career was then suspended due to Shadows reunions, first for a Far East tour and 'live' album in 1969, then a studio album in 1970 ("Shades of Rock") and again in the early seventies. He has experimented with styles and material, doing some purely instrumental albums, some with mostly vocals (e.g. "Words and Music", "All Alone With Friends"), one with only acoustic guitars and one with a guitar orchestra ("The Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate").
In 1970, Marvin and Welch formed Marvin, Welch & Farrar, a vocal-harmony trio which failed to appeal to Shadows fans or to contemporary music fans. They became 'Marvin & Farrar' for a vocal album in 1973 and then reverted to The Shadows in late 1973, for the instrumental Rockin' with Curly Leads album. The Shadows came second for the United Kingdom in the 1975 Eurovision song contest.
Marvin wrote "Driftin'", "Geronimo", "Spider Juice" (his daughter's name for orange juice), "I Want You to Want Me" for The Shadows, and "The Day I Met Marie". He co-wrote Richard's 1960 hit; 'Gee Whizz It's You' with Ian Samwell. With Welch, Brian Bennett, and John Rostill, he wrote hits for Cliff Richard, including; "On The Beach", "I Could Easily Fall in Love with You", "Time Drags By", and "In the Country".
In 1969 and 1970, he teamed with Richard for: two 'Cliff & Hank' hit singles, his own song; 'Throw Down A Line' (also recorded by Marvin, Welch & Farrar), and 'The Joy of Living', while Richard also had a hit with his ecology song, 'Silvery Rain'.
In 1977, Marvin played lead guitar on Roger Daltrey's third solo album, One of the Boys, on the tracks Parade and Leon. He co-wrote Olivia Newton-John's 1977 hit 'Sam' with John Farrar and Don Black, and produced albums for the British showman Des O'Connor.
In 1988, Marvin collaborated with French keyboardist and composer Jean Michel Jarre on the track "London Kid", on Jarre's Revolutions album and was a guest in the Jarre's Destination Docklands concert at London's Royal Victoria Dock. Jarre said The Shadows' success had influenced him and led to his decision to devote his career to instrumental music.
In 1992, Duane Eddy guested on Marvin's album Into the Light on the track "Pipeline".
Marvin and The Shadows reformed for a 2004 Final Tour, and a 2005 European tour was also organised.
Marvin dueted twice with French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel – on his 2007 and 2010 albums, both top-ten hits and certified gold. Their two singles hit the iTunes charts in France, Norway, Finland and Germany, and later (when released as an EP from Danel's compilation The Hit List) in Ireland, United Kingdom, Poland, United States, South Africa and Thailand. Marvin also participated on one of his DVDs and wrote the foreword for Danel's book about the Fender Stratocaster.
While Welch and Bennett became the Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to music, Marvin declined for "personal reasons".
Hank is presently living in Perth, Australia and is now semi retired.
Devil Woman
Hank Marvin Lyrics
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Since the day I saw the cat at my door
So I came into you sweet lady
Answering your mystical call
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind
Give me the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines on your hand
I can see me a tall dark stranger
Giving you what you hadn't planned
I drank the potion she offered me
I found myself on the floor
Then I looked in those big green eyes
And I wondered what I'd come there for
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind
Stay away, look out
If you're out on a moonlit night
Be careful of them neighborhood strays
Of a lady with long black hair
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
You'd better get out of there fast
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
The song Devil Woman by Hank Marvin is a cautionary tale about a woman who brings bad luck and casts spells. The persona in the song says that he has had nothing but bad luck since the day he saw a black cat at his door. Seeking some comfort, he goes to a “sweet lady” to answer her mystical call. There, he sees a crystal ball on the table, which shows him the past and future. The same black cat with evil eyes appears again, and the persona realizes that the lady had cast a spell on him.
The persona falls under the spell of the lady’s evil ways, and she even offers him a potion to drink which makes him unconscious. When he wakes up, he looks into the lady’s “big green eyes” and wonders why he came there in the first place. The song is a warning to others out on a moonlit night, to be careful of neighborhood strays, and a particular lady with long black hair. The persona advises others to stay away from her and beware of her feminine ways.
Overall, Devil Woman is a song that warns about the dangers of falling under the spell of someone’s evil ways. It reflects the superstitious beliefs of the time and the tradition of cautionary tales that have been passed down through generations.
Line by Line Meaning
I've had nothing but bad luck
I've experienced only misfortune
Since the day I saw the cat at my door
From the day I discovered the cat at my doorstep
So I came into you sweet lady
I approached you, my dear woman
Answering your mystical call
Responding to your call of the supernatural
Crystal ball on the table
A ball made of crystal on the table
Showing the future, the past
Revealing what's yet to come, what has already happened
Same cat with them evil eyes
The same cat with wicked-looking eyes
And I knew it was a spell she cast
I realized it was a curse she cast upon me
She's just a devil woman
She is a woman who's up to no good
With evil on her mind
Who harbors malevolent intentions
Beware the devil woman
Be cautious of that woman, as she's dangerous
She's gonna get you
She'll harm you in some way
Give me the ring on your finger
Hand over the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines on your hand
Display the lines on your hand to me
I can see me a tall dark stranger
I foresee a mysterious man, dark-haired and tall
Giving you what you hadn't planned
Granting you something that you had not anticipated
I drank the potion she offered me
I imbibed the concoction she provided me with
I found myself on the floor
I discovered myself lying on the ground
Then I looked in those big green eyes
Afterwards, I gazed into those enormous green eyes
And I wondered what I'd come there for
And I questioned my decision to visit her
Stay away, look out
Avoid her, remain vigilant
If you're out on a moonlit night
If you're out on a night lit by the moon
Be careful of them neighborhood strays
Be cautious of those stray animals in the neighborhood
Of a lady with long black hair
Of a woman having lengthy, dark hair
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
Attempting to win you over through her feminine charms
You'd better get out of there fast
You need to exit quickly from that locale
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRISTINE HODGSON, TERRY BRITTEN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@susanroycroft89
Wow absolutely fantastic, and don't forget Father and Son, It just doesn't get any better 😮😮😮😊
@irenilles2323
Fantastico esibizione , un vero ROCK ,
Bravo Hank Marvin ,come sempre anche se non è suo stile 💖👏🎸🎶🙏😇💋
@irenilles2323
💯🤩👏
@MariaLourdes-ci7pe
Este é o máximo do Rock internacional Hank Marvin.
@williamcole9040
THE MASTER OF A STRAT……MAKES THE GUITAR SOUND LIKE A VOICE! THE TECHNIQUE IS PERFECTION.
@chriskinkead9045
Fantastic. Hank. Always. Gives. The. Best.
@angelmartinezhankguitar982
I Love Devil Woman, I Love Hank Marvin's Music, great video, awsome, Hank Marvin and Ben Marvin great Players, Greetings From México Ángel🍷🍷🍷🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
@mihalynehalasz4167
csodás zenekar,imádom.
@nickkellie
Amazing!!!
@brunoshadows6493
Bravissimi