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muzaktomyears · 1 month
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I'm obsessed with the machinations of John and Paul to bring George into the Quarrymen. They were so awful.
Colin (the drummer) says that once John had heard George play (engineered by Paul, of course), John and Paul decided to get rid of Eric (the third guitarist) so that they could get George into the group. However, they still needed Colin's support and they didn't just ask him right away because Colin and Eric were friends (Eric got Colin into the band). They also didn't dare just fire Eric to his face.
Instead John and Paul convinced Colin to go with them (and without Eric!) to see a potential future venue and oh! 14-year-old schoolboy George Harrison just happened to be there! with his guitar! which he then played like he was auditioning! Which was a bit odd but whatever.
John and Paul then sent Nigel (the manager) to find Colin a few days later and get him to agree that George was a good guitarist, and when he agreed Nigel confronted him with the fait accompli that John and Paul wanted Eric out and George in and that was fine with Colin, right?
Colin said yes because his opinion obviously couldn't sway anything at this point, plus he felt his own position in the band was not all that secure. Nigel then went to relay this to John and Paul who were sat in Mendips waiting for an answer (lmao).
Finally they got Nigel (poor Nigel!) to ring a blissfully unaware Eric and tell him if he didn't buy an electric bass guitar (very expensive) then he had to leave the band.
Result: Japage3! (plus Colin)
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got-ticket-to-ride · 2 months
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In October 1957 the Quarrymen performed one of their very first gigs in the New Clubmoor Hall, Paul unfortunately froze during his first guitar solo:
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"For my first gig, I was given a guitar solo on ‘Guitar Boogie’. I could play it easily in rehearsal so they elected that I should do it as my solo. Things were going fine, but when the moment came in the performance I got sticky fingers; I thought, ‘What am I doing here?’ I was just too frightened; it was too big a moment with everyone looking at the guitar player."
~Paul Mccartney in the Anthology
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(Picture presumably from their second performance at the New Clubmoor Hall)
Just a few weeks after this, Len Garry gives us an account where Paul seems to be pepping himself up pre-performance:
"Tonight will run just like clockwork. I am going to give the audience the best rendition of 'Guitar Boogie' that they have ever heard this side of Garston."
"Hey this is a new twist." I said, "Paul just cracked a joke he must have a sense of humour after all. John, shall we have him in the group?"
John was enjoying the banter as ever.
"Yeah, we'll give him another try and if you don't get it right this time Jimmy...", Jimmy was Paul's middle name, "then..." John waited to see the expression on Paul's face, "then we'll..", again a pause, by this time we were hanging on John's next words, " ...then....we'll have to send him for some more guitar lessons!"
Paul joined in the laughter and we were all back to normal.
~Len Garry
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bonithica-art · 20 days
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john and stuart!
in the early days
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dateinthelife · 4 months
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23 November 1957
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Leslie Kearney takes what is believed to be the first photograph of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together, while performing as the Quarrymen at New Clubmoor Hall.
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legendarytragedynacho · 5 months
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George, John and Paul - ^The Quarrymen^ at New Clubmoor Hall In Liverpool, 18/10/1957.
John and Paul perform together for the first time after Paul join John's band, and plays guitar
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strwbryfeels · 3 months
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Can't believe Paul really said "in spite of all the danger... I'll do anything for you" and John still doubted him
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harrisonarchive · 8 months
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At the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Spring 1961; photo by Jürgen Vollmer.
“I was very impressed by John. Probably more than Paul, or I showed it more. I loved John’s blue jeans and lilac shirt and sidies. But I suppose I was impressed by all the Art College crowd. John was very sarcastic, always trying to bring you down, but I either took no notice of him or gave him the same back, and it worked.” - George Harrison, The Beatles Authorized Biography (1968)
George Harrison: “My parents both liked music; they used to go out dancing a lot. And when I first wanted a guitar, my mother bought me this very cheap guitar worth three pounds, ten shilling, or about six dollars. And she didn't mind that I used to stay up until two in the morning polishing my guitar and trying to learn how to play. Later, when I got to know John and Paul, she used to love having them around singing in the back room. She was very encouraging about that.” Q: “You met Paul first.” GH: “Yeah, Paul went to school with me. I met him when I was about twelve years old. So I had this guitar, the one I just talked about, and Paul had a trumpet for some reason. His father, in his earlier days, had been involved in a little dance band. He was a piano player. So there was a lot of music in Paul's house too. But when we started hanging out together, that’s when Paul realized that he wasn’t going to be able to sing and play the trumpet at the same time. So he traded it in and got a guitar.” Q: “And somewhere along the line you got introduced to the Quarrymen.” GH: “That’s right. Paul had a friend [Ivan Vaughn] who was in his class at school and he lived by John. He took Paul to meet John, and then I met him, and the rest is history!” - WNEW-FM, 1987
“[John] was a very funny fella. And we had a lot of laughs. When we were doing this record for [Cloud Nine] ‘When We Was Fab,’ I thought a lot about John, because he wrote, I think, the best Beatles songs that I can think of — like ‘Walrus,’ ‘Glass Onion,’ and ‘Strawberry Fields.’ Those obvious John-songs. You know, I miss that side. I miss that in music, when I listen to other records. There’s nobody who does anything that’s that neat; that fun and unusual and sarcastic and loving… he was great, he was brilliant, and he was a great soul. Still is.” - George Harrison, Guitar World, April 1988 (x)
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johnspookie · 6 months
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★ : Silver Beatles with Johnny Hutchinson in 1960
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beatle-stories333 · 1 year
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i just know my man john was not having it with this lil twerp ruining his cool band
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This is…. unfortunately…. a Beatles reference 😞
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mythserene · 5 months
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I'll Follow the Sun's 15 words in Tune In
Following along with AKOM I was struck by this page as I was passing it, so just out of curiosity I googled to see what I could find out about "I'll Follow the Sun" that would have been available before Lewisohn wrote Tune In, and what could Lewisohn have done with his prose for this song?
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From Beatles Music History website:
"I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road. I was about 16," McCartney stated in an interview. This would date the song as being written as far back as 1958. He continues, "So, 'I'll Follow The Sun' was one of those very early ones. I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu...I remember standing in the parlour looking out through lace curtains of the window and writing that one."
There is a recording in existence (available on bootlegs) of the early Beatles, known then as The Quarrymen, performing the song. The electric guitar arrangement features Paul, John and George on guitar with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and presumably Tommy Moore on drums. According to McCartney, who purchased the tape from Peter Hodgson in 1995, the recording dates back to April of 1960 and was made in the bathroom of his home at 20 Forthlin Road during a school holiday. McCartney's recollection of the "middle eight" being re-written before they recorded it professionally is confirmed by this early rough recording, because the lyrics of this middle section appears to say "Well, don't leave me alone, I need you/ Now hurry and follow me, my dear." 
Tune In:
“I’ll Follow the Sun.” Paul came up with this rhythmic ballad alone, words and music, on his Zenith guitar.
There's a very good story and all we get is "rhythmic ballad on his Zenith guitar"? But all that about a John song that doesn't even really seem like a John song? 
It does get a bit more ink in Chapter 15 when Lewisohn talks about the bootleg, but I can't see anyone who loves writing about where songs come from as much as Lewisohn does passing up all the history of one of their most beloved songs that a bootleg even exists for. A bootleg with different lyrics, that he never mentions! There's just a lot on this song that he could've done so much with, and although I wrote before that I don't think Lewisohn is actually trying to settle scores, I am now genuinely starting to wonder.
Lewisohn on "I'll Follow the Sun" in the bootleg:
There’s also the earliest-available recordings of “One After 909,” “I’ll Follow the Sun” and “Hello Little Girl.” “One After 909” is clearly a diamond in the rough, polished by John and Paul’s attractive harmonizing. “I’ll Follow the Sun” is Paul alone, guitar and voice, save for someone (probably John) slapping a guitar case.
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I'll say this, once you start noticing the attention to detail and real estate, you really start noticing. I had focused on the jealousy footnotes early on in my reading because it stood out to me so much, and once I realized how few were supported I was awestruck and started digging more, but I hadn't given thought or attention to the broader comparisons. 
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Absolutely blown away, tbh. I am less enamored of the space comparisons in general because they're more subjective than just the, "What, he's saying Paul was jealous because he wanted to be out front and he hated Stu from a quote saying 'I was playing the drums with a broomstick between my legs and it wasn't easy"??" But although they're harder to point out, they are most certainly there, and there to a truly unpardonable extent. This one blew my ass away.
Honestly, WTF?
Since I referenced it, the "Paul's jealousy was stoked because he was unhappy because he liked exhibiting versitility and nobody looked at the drummer and did I mention he was jealous?" pages below.
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muzaktomyears · 10 months
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Shout!: The True Story of the Beatles (Philip Norman)
15-year-old Paul McCartney joining the Quarrymen and immediately bossing them all around will never not be my fave thing <3
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kichisaburo3 · 21 days
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George Harrison and Paul McCartney As Quarrymen at Casbah Coffee Club Spider Room in Liverpool in 1959 Twitter Reblogged
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— izumi man second (@izumiBeatles) March 3, 2024
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spiritlowerlight · 4 months
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source unknown. McLennon. Brothers in arms. No matter what they still loved each other like brothers and they went through a lot together. Paul McCartney+ John Lennon.
IMAGINE YESTERDAY.
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dateinthelife · 5 months
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18 October 1957
Paul McCartney's debut with the Quarrymen includes a fluffed solo on 'Guitar Boogie,' leading directly to the recruitment of George Harrison and years of McCartney's reluctance to solo.
Promoter Charlie Mac's impression of the group, written on their visiting card, is "Good & Bad."
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littlemisshoneyy · 2 months
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