Les Fantômes were a French
rock guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected str ...
group formed in 1961. They were an instrumental group modeled on the English group
The Shadows
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...
.
[Jean Chalvidant, Hervé Mouvet La belle histoire des groupes de rock français des années 60 2851572199 - Page 90- 2001 "Les Fantômes : Les Shadows français La France a eu ses Shadows. Ils sont quatre comme dans le mythique groupe instrumental anglais et se sont rencontrés à l'été 1961 au café-dancing «Europa» à Juan-les-Pins.]
Les Fantômes made albums in Canada for
ARC Records and in English Canada were known as "The Phantoms". They played instrumental covers of hits from groups like "
The Ventures
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the ...
".
Les Fantômes released an album called "Wheels and Other Guitar Hits", in 1964.
References
Link to the French Language Wikipedia page on the band
: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fant%C3%B4mes
Link to the Album "Wheels and other guitar hits", at Discogs.com: https://www.discogs.com/Phantoms-Wheels-And-Other-Guitar-Hits/release/5929030
French musical groups
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