Re: not bad for 76
Originally Posted by
Psmith
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A bloke I worked with was convinced that the Beatles would disappear and that the Searchers would be the really big thing.Other than that he was quite sane.
I believe that The Searchers were the first to use that Rickenbacker guitar on songs such as "When You Walk In The Room". Well before George Harrison and even The Byrds' Roger McGuinn who most thought invented that jangly sound.
Otherwise, The Searchers were always a bit social club-ish.