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136-511: A Bale of Cotton )", " Alabamy Bound " and " Cumberland Gap ", and later learned how to play two of Elvis Presley 's first hits, " That's All Right " and " Mean Woman Blues ". Lennon and Griffiths decided to form a skiffle group in November 1956. This initial line-up consisted of Lennon and Griffiths on guitars, Pete Shotton on washboard , and school friend Bill Smith on tea-chest bass . Both Lennon and Shotton have been credited with coining
204-479: A bass guitar and join the group. The group had no bookings, but began rehearsing vigorously to allow the musical novice Sutcliffe practice on his new instrument. In early 1960, the Quarrymen returned to Phillips' Sound Recording Services to record Lennon's new original song " One After 909 ", although this recording does not survive. Around the same time, the three made a rehearsal tape at McCartney's home. Harrison
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340-572: A job in a restaurant at the Liverpool Airport . McCartney and Harrison, meanwhile, went on holiday hitchhiking in Wales , playing with a local skiffle group called the Vikings. Although Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison remained extremely close, the trio only performed a handful of times in the last months of 1958. When asked why they had neither a drummer or a bass player, they would respond "The rhythm's in
408-761: A line in the school song of their school, the Quarry Bank High School . Lennon's mother, Julia , taught her son to play the banjo , showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs. Lennon founded a skiffle group with his close friend Pete Shotton and after a week of gaining new members, they named themselves The Quarrymen. The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, cinemas and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined in early July, 1957. George Harrison joined in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted because he felt Harrison (14 when he
476-420: A medley of Little Richard songs. Vaughan and McCartney left before the evening show which started at 8 o'clock. During the performance, there was an unexpected thunderstorm, which made the lights go out. Bob Molyneux, a young schoolmate from Quarry Bank, recorded part of the performance on his Grundig TK8 portable reel-to-reel tape recorder . The tape included versions of Lonnie Donegan 's " Puttin' On
544-601: A new name: the Beatles. The Beatles (after several line-up changes, including adding Mona's son Pete Best on drums) continued to perform around Liverpool and in Hamburg , Germany, before being signed to Parlophone Records in 1962. Since the break-up of the Beatles in 1970 and the murder of John Lennon in 1980, members of the Quarrymen have reunited several times. From 1994 to 1995, Rod Davis and John Lowe recorded an album with studio musicians. This album, Open for Engagements ,
612-618: A permanent stage in the field behind the church, before a display by the City of Liverpool Police Dogs. They were playing " Come Go with Me " when Paul McCartney arrived, and in the Scout hut after the set, Ivan Vaughan introduced McCartney to Lennon, who chatted for a few minutes before the band set up in the church hall for their performance at that evening's "Grand Dance". McCartney demonstrated how he tuned his guitar and then sang Eddie Cochran's " Twenty Flight Rock ", Gene Vincent's " Be-Bop-a-Lula ", and
680-471: A recording session on 12 July 1958. They recorded straight to disc, as tape would have been an extra expense. The sound was recorded live by a single microphone in the centre of the room, and Lennon suggested that Hanton put a scarf over the snare drum to lower the volume. They first recorded " In Spite of All the Danger " a McCartney original (credited as McCartney/Harrison) followed by Buddy Holly's " That'll Be
748-687: A second test, the Quarrymen lost by a small margin. On 6 July 1957, The Quarrymen played at the St. Peter's Church Rose Queen garden fête in Woolton . They first played on the back of a moving flatbed lorry, in a procession of floats that carried the Rose Queen and retiring Rose Queen, Morris dancers , Boy Scouts , Brownies , Girl Guides and Cubs , led by the Band of the Cheshire Yeomanry. At 4:15, they played on
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#1732854770777816-516: A single artist too heavily but would play records by two seemingly different groups. Some disc jockeys referred to the band as "Buddy Holly and the Crickets", but record labels never used this wording until after Holly's death. In 1958, Holly broke with producer Petty and moved to New York to be more involved with the publishing and recording businesses. Allison and Mauldin chose not to move and returned to Lubbock. Holly now recorded under his own name with
884-582: A talent contest in Liverpool, the winners of which would appear on the television series Star Search. The Quarrymen played Lonnie Donegan 's " Worried Man Blues ", and were loudly applauded, but a group from Wales (called the Sunnyside Skiffle Group) "jumped all over the stage" and outshone the static Quarrymen, and were asked by Levis to fill in the last few minutes of the contest with a second song. Lennon argued heatedly with Levis backstage, saying
952-428: A trio, continued to make stage and TV appearances and recorded more songs, many composed by the band members. In 1957 Norman Petty arranged for the Crickets' recordings to be marketed under two names. The solo vocals were released as being performed by Buddy Holly, and the songs with dubbed backing vocals were issued as being sung by the Crickets. Petty reasoned correctly that disc jockeys might be reluctant to program
1020-477: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Quarrymen#The Beatles The Quarrymen (also written as " the Quarry Men ") are a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several school friends, the Quarrymen took their name from
1088-644: The 21st century. Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis , Jerry Allison , and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions. In 1956 Holly's band, then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones (Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess; posthumous releases refer to the Three Tunes), recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee , for Decca . The records were not more than mildly successful, and
1156-493: The Bronx R&;B vocal group the Crickets, who recorded for Jay-Dee. They almost chose the name Beetles ; years later, the Beatles chose their name partly in homage to the Crickets. The Crickets were lead guitarist and vocalist Buddy Holly, drummer Jerry Allison , bassist Joe B. Mauldin , and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan . Sullivan dropped out after a little more than one year to resume his education. The Crickets, now
1224-502: The Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959. The opening night performance was attended by about 300 local teenagers, but as the cellar had no air conditioning and people were dancing, the temperature rose until it became hard to breathe. The Quarrymen were afforded the use of Brown's three input amplifier (which, along with McCartney's Elpico, meant that all four guitarists were electric), and sang through one microphone connected to
1292-573: The Conservative Club, the group needed another guitarist to accommodate their new rock-focused repertoire; McCartney recommended his school friend George Harrison. Harrison first saw the group perform on 6 February 1958 at Wilson Hall, where McCartney introduced him to Lennon. Harrison subsequently auditioned for The Quarrymen in March at Rory Storm 's Morgue Skiffle Club, playing " Guitar Boogie Shuffle ". Lennon thought Harrison (having just turned 15)
1360-520: The Crickets hit the UK top 40 twice more, with the singles " My Little Girl " and "Don't Try to Change Me", the last of their recordings to reach the charts. The band continued to record. In 1964, the Crickets issued their version of the surf rock song " California Sun " for their album of the same title. In 1970, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis performed backing vocals for Eric Clapton for his first solo album titled Eric Clapton . Personnel changes were made over
1428-518: The Crickets were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee . They performed " Peggy Sue ", " Not Fade Away " and " That'll Be the Day " at the ceremony, accompanied by guest guitarist Keith Richards . In 2011, Allison was still touring with Sonny Curtis , a childhood friend and bandmate of Holly's, on vocals and guitar. On April 14, 2012, the Crickets were inducted into
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#17328547707771496-520: The Crickets' version of the Gerry Goffin – Carole King song " Don't Ever Change " ( Liberty Records ), featuring Naylor on lead vocals, reached the top five in the British single charts. Also in 1962 they released Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets , an album with Bobby Vee on lead vocals. For their 1962 UK tour, Allison was temporarily out of the group because of commitments with the U.S. Air Force. In 1963,
1564-404: The Day ". Both feature Lennon on lead vocals. When the recording was finished, Phillips handed the group a fragile 78rpm record, which was passed around the band for one week each, or lent out to friends. It was later lost until Lowe rediscovered it in 1981, and sold it to McCartney for an undisclosed amount. The recordings would later be issued on the Beatles' album Anthology 1 . Soon after
1632-496: The Good Times Roll ", and Gene Vincent 's " Be-Bop-A-Lula " which they added to their repertoire. After his tenure on tea-chest bass , Walley became the group's manager. He sent flyers to local theatres and ballrooms, and put up posters designed by Lennon: "Country-and-western, rock n' roll, skiffle band — The Quarrymen — Open for Engagements — Please Call Nigel Walley, Tel. Gateacre 1715". Walley managed to secure
1700-612: The Moondogs , Japage 3 , and Long John and the Silver Beatles before returning to the Quarrymen name in 1959. In 1960, the group changed their name to "The Beatles" (chosen for its double meaning and as a wink to Buddy Holly 's band, " The Crickets "). In 1997, the four surviving original members of the Quarrymen reunited to perform at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the garden fête performance at which Lennon had first met McCartney. Since 1998, they have performed in countries outside
1768-442: The Moondogs changed their name to Japage 3 (pronounced "Jaypage") (combining letters from each of the member's names: J ohn, Pa ul, and Ge orge). Lennon had a friend from art school, named Derek Hodkin, who owned a tape recorder, and Lennon convinced him to record the group (along with McCartney's brother Mike on drums). The group then asked Hodkin to act as their manager, and he agreed. Despite Hodkin's management, bookings for
1836-630: The Quarrymen have recorded three albums, consisting mostly of covers of 1950s rock and skiffle. The Crickets The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas , formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in January 1957. Their first hit record, " That'll Be the Day ", released in May 1957, peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart on September 16, 1957. The sleeve of their first album, The "Chirping" Crickets , shows
1904-650: The Quarrymen, and Vaughan also invited McCartney to join. McCartney said he would join after Scout camp in Hathersage , Derbyshire, and a holiday with his family at the Butlin's holiday camp in Filey , North Yorkshire. Shotton and Davis both left the Quarrymen in August, feeling that the group was moving away from skiffle and towards rock, leaving their instruments superfluous. When McCartney returned from holiday, he began rehearsing with
1972-530: The Quarrymen, playing songs such as " Bye Bye Love " (The Everly Brothers) and " All Shook Up ", which Lennon and the group had been trying to learn, without success. McCartney made his debut with the band on 18 October 1957 at a Conservative Club social held at the New Clubmoor Hall in the Norris Green section of Liverpool. Lennon and McCartney wore cream-coloured sports jackets, which were paid for by
2040-628: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee charged with correcting the omission of the band with Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. The inducted members were Jerry Allison , Sonny Curtis , Joe B. Mauldin , and Niki Sullivan . The group was unable to attend the ceremony because Mauldin was ill. Mauldin died from cancer on February 7, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee. On February 6, 2016, "The Crickets & Buddies" performed in Clear Lake, Iowa, at
2108-562: The Style " and Elvis ' " Baby Let's Play House ". In 1963, Molyneux offered the tape to Lennon via Ringo Starr , but Lennon never responded, so Molyneux put the tape in a vault. As they were walking home after the evening performance, Lennon and Shotton discussed the afternoon encounter with McCartney, and Lennon said that perhaps they should invite McCartney to join the band. Two weeks later, Shotton encountered McCartney cycling through Woolton, and conveyed Lennon's casual invitation for him to join
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2176-473: The Sunnyside Skiffle Group had brought a bus full of supporters with them, and were given "the upper hand" advantage by Levis. After the competition, Levis used a clap-o-meter (a machine to measure the decibels of the audience's reaction to the groups) as they were asked to walk back out onto the stage. The Quarrymen and the Sunnyside Skiffle Group tied by both reaching ninety on the meter, but after
2244-592: The UK and released four albums. Three original members still perform as the Quarrymen. In the mid-1950s, there was a revival in the United Kingdom of the musical form "skiffle" that had originated in the United States and had been popular in the US in the 1920s, '30s and '40s. In addition to its popularity among British teenagers as music to listen to, it also spawned a craze of teenage boys starting their own groups to perform
2312-516: The UK. In the UK Paul McCartney recorded the Crickets single "T Shirt" in his studio and played piano on the track. During this time a Swedish Television Company recorded a film showing JI, Joe B and Gordon touring the UK and Sweden, as well as at home in Tennessee. It was called My Love Is Bigger than a Cadillac . In 1994, Gordon Payne left and Sonny returned and was joined by Glen D Hardin to take
2380-611: The band did not achieve financial success until 1957, when the producer and recording engineer Norman Petty recorded Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico . Holly had already recorded for another label under his own name, so to avoid legal problems he needed a new name for his group. As the Crickets recalled in John Goldrosen's book Buddy Holly – His Life and Music , they were inspired by other groups named after birds. They were then considering insect-centered names, apparently unaware of
2448-443: The band line-up at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums, and Joe B. Mauldin on bass. The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands, such as the Beatles , with their guitar-bass-drums line-up, performing their own material. After Holly's death in 1959 , the band continued to tour and record into the 1960s and beyond with other band members through to
2516-486: The band's early years. Allison and Mauldin's names were altered to Jesse Charles and Ray Bob Simmons, respectively, to avoid legal action due to their rights being sold to another film production that was also working on Holly's story. Niki Sullivan , Sonny Curtis, Bob Montgomery , Don Guess, and Larry Welborn were written out of the film. The Crickets gave a thumbs down review of the film wherein Allison expressed his dislike on
2584-462: The band, as he was completing military service. Box, who had left the group in 1960, died in a charter plane crash on October 23, 1964, while touring as a solo singer. In April 1960 the Crickets backed the Everly Brothers on their first UK concert tour but were not billed as their backing group. By 1962, the Crickets consisted of Curtis, Allison, Glen D. Hardin , and Jerry Naylor . That year,
2652-455: The cellar. Harrison and fellow Quartet guitarist Ken Brown , however, missed a show, causing Les Stewart to fire the two and drop the residency. This caused distress to Best, but Harrison offered a solution: he recruited Lennon and McCartney to play, and they returned to calling themselves the Quarrymen. After helping Best finish converting the cellar, the new four guitarist line-up of the Quarrymen (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Brown) opened
2720-546: The club's small PA system. The group continued their Casbah residency into the new year, occasionally securing other gigs. In January, Brown grew ill and was unable to play the show. Best, however, insisted that the Quarrymen still pay Brown, but Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison refused; the incident resulted in the loss of their residency at the Casbah and Brown's departure from the group. Shortly after, however, Lennon convinced fellow art school student Stuart Sutcliffe to purchase
2788-462: The finals in Manchester. The group performed Buddy Holly's " Think It Over " to positive reception, but were unable to stay until the end of the competition to receive the results. As they were leaving, Lennon saw a cutaway electric guitar by the stage door, picked it up and walked off with it, later saying that the trip "wasn't a total loss." Following their Star Search audition, Johnny and
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2856-710: The group almost entirely excised skiffle from their repertoire, focusing on covers of songs by rock and roll singers such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins , Little Richard , and Larry Williams , and the Quarrymen's sound increasingly relied on harmony singing between Lennon and McCartney. An extremely important influence for them at the time was Buddy Holly and his group the Crickets . Around this time, Lennon and McCartney both started writing songs influenced by Holly – Lennon's " Hello Little Girl " and McCartney's " I Lost My Little Girl " – and both were impressed with each other's efforts. The two young men began writing together. After McCartney's poor performance on lead guitar at
2924-407: The group as a vocalist shortly thereafter, as did guitarists Albert Lee and Nick van Maarth , replacing Hardin. The 1973 album Remnants and the 1974 album A Long Way from Lubbock featured the sextet of Allison, Curtis, Krikorian, Grech, Lee and van Maarth. In 1978, the award-winning film The Buddy Holly Story , starring Gary Busey as Holly, presented an engaging but inaccurate depiction of
2992-575: The group continued to perform, undertaking tours of the UK , the US , Germany , Japan , Russia , Cuba and other countries. The group's repertoire focuses on the skiffle and early rock and roll they played in their original incarnation with the added roots rock historical perspective of illustrating how American roots music inspired the nascent Beatles. In 2000, producer and the Beatles' historian Martin Lewis produced
3060-486: The group dried up. Harrison began a stint as rhythm guitarist in the Les Stewart Quartet, who had a weekly club engagement. By May, Japage 3 was defunct, although the three continued to see each other socially, and Lennon and McCartney continued to write songs together. In the summer of 1959, Mona Best decided to open a club in her cellar, and offered the Les Stewart Quartet a residency if they would help convert
3128-504: The group on piano. With Harrison's entry, the Quarrymen now had four guitarists. Lennon and McCartney suggested to Griffiths that he instead buy a bass guitar, but Griffiths refused because of the expense. The two subsequently convinced Nigel Walley, still acting as the group's manager, to fire Griffiths. Walley regretted the incident, and as a result gradually severed his ties with the Quarrymen. Around this same time, Len Garry contracted tubercular meningitis , and spent seven months in
3196-635: The group performing the Del-Vikings song " Come Go with Me " (the first song McCartney recalled hearing Lennon sing on the first day they met) for use on the soundtrack of the Michael Lindsay-Hogg film Two of Us , a film about the last day that Lennon and McCartney saw each other in April 1976. Eric Griffiths died in 2005, and Pete Shotton retired, owing to ill health. Shotton died in 2017. As of 2016, Davis, Garry, and Hanton continued to perform around
3264-476: The group several paid engagements throughout the spring of 1957, including one at The Cavern Club . A jazz club at the time, the Cavern tolerated skiffle as it was considered an offshoot of jazz. Lennon, however, began leading the band in several rock and roll numbers, prompting the club's manager to send up a note ordering the group to "cut out the bloody rock". In July 1957, Canadian impresario Carroll Levis held
3332-445: The group to a four piece band. After recording "Well All Right" with Nanci Griffith , the group toured the UK with Griffith and her Orchestra The Crickets released The Crickets and Their Buddies in 2004, featuring classics from all parts of their career, with performances by several prominent artists, including Eric Clapton , Rodney Crowell , Waylon Jennings , Nanci Griffith , John Prine , Graham Nash , and Bobby Vee . The album
3400-707: The group. This group of Lennon, Griffiths, Shotton, Garry, Hanton, and Davis formed the first stable line-up of the group. The group first rehearsed in Shotton's house on Vale Road, but because of the noise, his mother told them to use the corrugated air-raid shelter in the back garden. Rehearsals were moved from the cold air-raid shelter to Hanton's or Griffiths' house — as Griffiths' father had died in WWII, and his mother worked all day. The band also often visited Lennon's mother at 1 Blomfield Road, listening to her collection of rock and roll records by Elvis , Shirley and Lee 's " Let
3468-411: The guitars." In the fall of 1958, the group had another chance to audition for Carroll Levis , nearly a year and a half after the Quarrymen's first Star Search . For the audition, the group changed their name to Johnny and the Moondogs. Lennon was without a guitar, his having broken recently. Johnny and the Moondogs passed the first heat of the competition in Liverpool, and were invited to appear in
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#17328547707773536-513: The hospital, never playing with the group again. This left Colin Hanton as the last of the group of Lennon's Quarry Bank classmates that originally comprised the group. In March, McCartney bought an Elpico amplifier with two inputs, and he and Harrison added pickups to their guitars, giving the Quarrymen an electric sound for the first time. Percy Phillips operated a studio called Phillips' Sound Recording Services at 38 Kensington, Liverpool, between
3604-541: The kitchen and a front room that served as an electrical goods shop. Actors from the Liverpool Playhouse often stayed in the room above the studio, and were asked by Phillips to record monologues and poems. Phillips had just turned 60 years old when Harrison heard about the studio from guitarist Johnny Byrne of the Raving Texans, who had recorded a version of " Butterfly " there on 22 June 1957. The Quarrymen booked
3672-693: The lessons soon after, as they were based on theory and not actual playing. As Griffiths already knew how to play the banjo, Lennon's mother showed them how to tune the top four strings of their guitars to the same notes as a banjo, and taught them the chords of D, C, and D7 , as well as the Fats Domino song, " Ain't That a Shame ". They practised at Lennon's aunt's house (called Mendips) at 251 Menlove Avenue where Lennon lived, or at Griffiths' house in Halewood Drive. They learned how to play Lonnie Donegan 's " Rock Island Line ", "Jump Down Turn Around ( Pick
3740-596: The music. One of the primary attractions was that it did not require great musical skills or expensive instruments to be played. Early British skiffle was played by traditional jazz musicians, with the most successful British proponent of the genre in the 1950s being Lonnie Donegan . The Quarrymen's initial repertoire included several songs that Donegan had recorded. When Lennon wanted to try making music himself, he and fellow Quarry Bank school friend, Griffiths, took guitar lessons in Hunt's Cross , Liverpool, although Lennon gave up
3808-527: The name Quarrymen after a line in their school's song: 'Quarrymen, old before our birth. Straining each muscle and sinew.' The choice of name was tongue-in-cheek as Lennon regarded the reference in the school song to "straining each muscle and sinew" as risible. Smith's tenure in the band was extremely short, and he was replaced in quick succession by Nigel Walley , Ivan Vaughan , and Len Garry throughout late 1956 and early 1957. Also during this period, drummer Colin Hanton and banjo player Rod Davis joined
3876-483: The portrayal of his fictional counterpart Jesse Charles: vulgar, racist , alcoholic, and profane. In the 1980s, Waylon Jennings called to ask the Crickets (JI, Joe B and Sonny) to open for him on a tour. They stayed with him for five years. Gordon Payne (Waylon's guitarist) played lead and on a few gigs when Sonny broke his arm. Gordon joined the Crickets as lead guitarist and singer when Sonny left. This trio of JI, Joe B and Gordon toured for some years including visits to
3944-419: The recording session, Hanton had a fight with the rest of the group and quit. Lowe too lost contact with the group after leaving Liverpool Institute, leaving the Quarrymen as just a trio of guitarists: Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison. Lennon's mother was killed in a road accident on 15 July 1958, dealing him a devastating emotional blow. The group remained mostly inactive throughout the summer, as Lennon took up
4012-444: The studio musicians Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch . Waylon Jennings toured with him shortly after Holly left the Crickets. Allison and Mauldin looked forward to rejoining Holly after he returned from a winter tour through the northern Midwest . In the meantime, Mauldin, Allison, and Sonny Curtis (a friend and collaborator of Holly's) began recording new songs as the Crickets, with vocals by Earl Sinks . While they were recording, it
4080-426: The whole group—Walley collected half a crown per week from each member until they were paid for — and the others wore white shirts with tassels and black bootlace ties . To the irritation of the other group members, McCartney endlessly practised the lead guitar intro to " Raunchy ". The Quarrymen continued to play sparse gigs throughout the autumn of 1957, mostly for local promoter Charlie McBain. During this period,
4148-578: The world. Lowe occasionally performed with them. In September and October 2010, the band undertook a US tour celebrating the 70th birthday of their founder, Lennon. They appeared in a charity concert for Amnesty International honouring Lennon in New York City on Lennon's birthday, Saturday 9 October 2010. From 2016 former Beatles bassist Chas Newby performed with the band. He died in May 2023. John Lowe died in February 2024. Since their 1997 reformation,
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#17328547707774216-429: The years, with Curtis and Allison remaining relative constants. For the 1971 album Rockin' 50s Rock n' Roll (which consisted mostly of remakes of Holly-era material), the group consisted of Curtis, Allison and Doug Gilmore. For the 1973 album Bubblegum, Bop, Ballad and Boogies , the line-up featured Curtis, Allison, Hardin and bassist Ric Grech . Steven Krikorian, later to record as the new wave artist Tonio K. , joined
4284-474: Was absent (as he had an apprenticeship), and the tape features several jams and original songs, including the McCartney instrumental " Cayenne ". With few gigs during this period the group often wrote letters to secure bookings, several of which survive. The four disliked the Quarrymen name, and went through several others during this period, including Los Paranoias. By March 1960, Lennon and Sutcliffe came up with
4352-409: Was announced that Holly had died in a plane crash while on tour. The Crickets, now with vocalist Earl Sinks , went on performing after Holly's death. David Box , a native of Lubbock, Texas , who sang in a manner similar to Holly, joined the group as lead vocalist for their 1960 single "Dont Cha Know"/" Peggy Sue Got Married ", released as Coral 62238 after the departure of Sinks. Curtis was not in
4420-530: Was introduced to Lennon) was too young. McCartney and Harrison attended the Liverpool Institute . The group made an amateur recording in 1958, performing Buddy Holly 's " That'll Be the Day " and " In Spite of All the Danger ", a song written by McCartney and Harrison. The group moved towards rock and roll, causing several of the original members to leave. This left Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison, who performed under several other names, including Johnny and
4488-423: Was produced and mixed by Greg Ladanyi and included editing and additional mixes by Dave Carlock, Rob Hill, and Rogers Masson . For the album, the Crickets officially consisted of Allison, Curtis and Mauldin; former members Albert Lee (guitar) and Glen D. Hardin (keyboards) also played throughout, and one-time member Steven Krikorian (now known as Tonio K. ) was the lead vocalist on two tracks. On October 28, 2008,
4556-425: Was released in 1995 under the Quarrymen name. The surviving members of the 1957 line-up of the Quarrymen reunited in 1997 for the 40th anniversary of their performance at the 1957 Woolton village fete, which was the location of the first meeting of Lennon and McCartney. All five surviving members from that day, Pete Shotton , Rod Davis , Len Garry , Eric Griffiths and Colin Hanton , performed. Following this,
4624-477: Was too young to join the band, so McCartney engineered another meeting on the upper deck of a Liverpool bus, where Harrison played " Raunchy " for Lennon. After McCartney's constant advocacy, Lennon allowed Harrison to join the Quarrymen as lead guitarist. Harrison's entry into the Quarrymen shifted the group even more away from skiffle, in addition to ending Lennon's use of banjo chords. Around this time, John Duff Lowe , another school friend of McCartney, joined
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