So good to see people who still appreciate the great Shadows hits of the 60's. I'm 66 and can remember listening to this on a crackling radio as a little boy standing by the apple tree in our back garden. Hank Marvin inspired some of our great legendary guitarists.
This was the tune and sound that first compelled me to reach for a guitar - and I suspect a lot of guitarists share that beginning. To this day, it remains the most iconic instrumental ever recorded, and the most elusive tone ever sought after. There'll never be another Queen Elizabeth and there'll never be another Apache.
@@TheOriginalRick I remember Pipeline and Wipeout as my favorites. I was really young just starting to play the snare drum in 7th grade band. The high school kid across the street owned a complete Ludwig drum set and was a fantastic player. He would turn on the FM radio and play along with Pipeline and Wipeout. When he hit that Wipeout drum solo, I was just mesmerized and all smiles. If someone says they don't like surf music, they ain't got a musical soul. Iconic!
@@morrisgentry8624 Don't forget the Beach Boys. I later and different sound but iconic in the 60's. What midwestern kid didn't dream of California Surfing and, of course, California Girls? What an era for music. Fender, big delay and spring reverbs, exhilarating grooves, surfing, bikini clad girls, California, freedom, just plain fun!
@@tommaxwell429 Agree! I wouldn’t take anything for the fun we had playing for proms and private parties back in ‘66-‘68 (before the US Army grabbed me)!
We've missed you GP so welcome back! Back in the day people would appreciate that simple melody more than a Jimmy Hendrix experience. Another entertaining and informative video, thanks.
Hey!! Welcome back!! I will bet any amount of money that you guys wish you knew what you now know about all the pains and effort of moving....especially with a toddler in tow....and could do it all differently now!! My mom and dad had 5 of us when we moved from the US to Switzerland and my brother was 2 months old at the time!! Jim C.
Danish jazz guitarist Jörgen Ingmann recorded the 1961 version of "Apache" that became an international hit reaching the #2 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #9 on the R&B chart, and #1 in Canada. Heavily influenced by the recordings of Les Paul, Ingmann used his own multi-track home recording studio laying down multiple layers of twang mutated through echo, reverb, speed controls, and his own accompaniment on bass and drums. Written by English songwriter Jerry Lordan, it was inspired by the 1954 American western movie Apache. The song was originally recorded by English guitarist Bert Weedon in 1960, however, it was the British group The Shadows 1960 version that made it a hit in the UK (not US). The Les Paul-like effects and impeccably clean guitar sounds featured in the Ingmann version still blow me away just as much as they did when I first heard his recording in 1961. Ingmann passed away in 2015 at age 89.
@@Gitarreroblue Don't you just hate those young kids who naturally have it? LOL! Just kidding of course, just totally envious of the musically inclined. Wish I had stuck with those tortuous piano lessons my mom wanted me to take.
I was putzing with Walk Don't Run yesterday and trying to remember some of the other songs my brother taught me in the mid 60s and then you came up with one. 1960 had a few. Thanks for the lesson and the memory. Glad you finally got settled and are back on the air, so to speak. I trust all is well.
This was the first number I ever played on stage as a 15 year old in 1973 while on holiday in Cornwall (UK). I was watching a band with my folks and I got talking with the guys afterwards. They asked if I'd like to play the next night, and in a shot I said yes. We decided on Apache and I then spent a very nervous 24 hours practicing it over and over again. Long story short, it went well and became the starting point for a lifetime of gigging. I've always had a soft spot for Apache
Tom! Welcome Back! And what a wonderful tune to kick it off, this is THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL!!!! Hearing this for the very first time, pretty much made me wanna play, and still today after all those years, very much the case. I must confess, I hit the Like button before even watching this video, as I knew it would be great, and of course it is! Good to have you back, Stay Tuned, I'll be looking for you. All Best, Michael (NL....)
Great instruction video with the subtle details. I first listened to this song in 1959, and it was played by Jordan Ingman. Jordan used a lot of reverb and slide notes for the effects, good cover. Later the Ventures did a cover. This song is a classic, thanx for the memories. Welcome back.😃👍🎸
Thank goodness I have found someone who explains how to do the "Horse Run". I was told I was playing it wrong many years ago and was told how to do it right but no that person was wrong and now I can go back to him ( why Bother) just to tell him he was totally wrong. Well done explaining it perfectly. Cheers😀
Fijn dat je terug bent. Welkom in NL!!!! SUCCES met alles. Je doet erg goed werk: promoten van zo veel fijn gitaarwerk (in veel verschillende genres, maar zeker van muziek-historische waarde!!!!!!!!!!!). 💚🎶🍀🎵🎸😃
The Ventures did great on that song too. Great playing as I have watched many of your videos and try to pick up a few things as your way more advanced guitar player than I am. Love the blues playing. Thank you.
Good seeing you back Thom & congrats on the move! Haven't heard that tune Apache in a long time. Sounds to me like the guitar part was trying to emulate running horses. Hope that you and your family are doing well. 👍👍🎸🎸👏👏
Jorgen Ingmann’s version was the hit in America. The Shadows weren’t played here; almost zero British recordings made it to American radio. Until The Beatles. Hank Marvin did not write Apache, nor was he the first to record it. He did, however, make it a hit in the UK. Those of us who began playing here in The USA during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s began with the great American guitar instrumentals-The Ventures (American counterpart to The Shadows), Duane Eddy, Link Wray, and the Surf bands. It was the first Golden Age of electric guitar. I never heard of Hank Marvin and The Shadows until later, when Brit imports began to fill the air waves and record stores, post The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964. But Hank and The Shads were as big, if not bigger, to the great Brit guitar heroes as the aforementioned American guitar bands of the same era were.
I think the Shadows were the best instrumental band to showcase what could be done with a strat. Some of the early Shadows material was breathtaking when first heard. Apache, Man Of Mystery, Gonzales, The Savage, Kon Tiki, Mustang, FBI, Wonderful Land, Peacepipe. Just fantastic
Glad to see you've survived the move😉😎👍 Welcome back 😎👍❤🖖 Remember when this tune was 1st released...my brother practicing this FOREVER...!!!🤣 Of course had to out do him with Gilmours Run Like Hell years later, but kinda cheating using delay for the galloping feel😉😎👍
Good to see you back 👍 by the way Hank played Apachie on the bridge p/up, it sounds better than the neck p/up which i can see you are using. A lot of Hanks instrumentals were played that way. 🎸
I think you may be right about Hank. Personally, the tone that sounds the best to me on my Stratocaster is the middle pickup. Not to bassy like on the neck pickup or neck and middle pickups, and not too trebly and shrill like on the bridge pickup or bridge and middle pickups. But this may depend on the guitar. I also use some reverb and digital delay, as well as an Ibanez TS9 Tube screamer (with gain almost off, but level dimed) to fatten up the sound..
Every British rock guitar player of my age can play this. You missed out the hardest little lick which happens after the Am tremelo effect you mentioned where it goes for the second time to the F - G - C - Am and then C C7 and F. The first time it plays sliding thirds as you played but this time it plays 4 g notes then alternates between g and g#. I've watched Cliff Richard once play this as a joke with the Shadows and he fluffs this bit as it is tricky timing wise - this is the only reason I'm mentioning it as I do like your videos and admire your musicianship.
Is there any way that you could make a short video (or even a typed response to this comment) about copyright issues on guitar channels. Do you license the music, do you make your own tracks so as not to use the original audio, etc? Sometimes it's nice to have the original audio to compare if you're showing how to get a particular tone or play a certain phrase. If anyone else knows feel free to enlighten me, please 🙏
