Doors for show open 1.00pm Showtime 2.00pm
Tickets £27.50
Licenced bar and refreshments.
One hour interview with The Quarrymen followed by 30 minute Q and A.
John Lennon formed the skiffle group the Quarrymen in 1956 with a gang school friends. Paul McCartney
joined in 1957 and George Harrison in 1958. The group did an amateur recording in 1958 of Buddy Holly's
'That'll Be The Day' and 'In Spite Of All The Danger,' the latter written by McCartney and Harrison. They
performed on and off on the Liverpool circuit until 1960 when the group finally disbanded. The Quarrymen
reformed in 1997 without it's most famous members and from 1997 to date they have performed all over
the world,recorded four Cds, written books and appeared in numerous documentaries.
In Spite Of All The Danger - The Quarrymen
On Sunday the 30th of August 2020 Quarrymen members, Colin Hatton, Rod Davis, Len Garry, John Duff Lowe and Chas Newby will be taking you
on a trip down memory lane at the Magical Beatles Museum on Mathew Street talking
about those fledgling years, their fellow band members, Lennon, McCartney and
Harrison. Their first recording session and performances good and bad and much much
more. Hear how it really was in the pre-fab years, prior to the Beatles and Beatlemania
from those who were truly there.
As we all know the first iteration of The Beatles was the Quarrymen. Formed in 1956 as a skiffle group, we are pleased to announce that surviving members of the band are to appear at BestFest 12. Since the break-up of the Beatles in 1970 and the death 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, was released in 1995 under the Quarrymen name. The surviving members of the original line-up of the Quarrymen reunited in 1997 for the 40th anniversary of their performance at the 1957 Woolton village fete—which was the occasion of the first meeting of Lennon and McCartney. All five surviving original members, Pete Shotton, Rod Davis, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and Colin Hanton, performed. Following this, 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 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 on 24 March 2017. As of 2016, Davis, Garry, and Hanton continue to perform around the world. Lowe occasionally performs with them. In September and October 2010, the band undertook a US tour celebrating the 70th anniversary 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. Since 2016, former Beatles bassist Chas Newby has been performing with the band. Since their 1997 reformation, the Quarrymen have recorded three albums, consisting mostly of covers of 1950s rock and skiffle.
Liverpool Beatles Museum
23 Mathew Street,
Liverpool,
L2 6RE
0151 236 1337
e: roagmuseum@gmail.com
One hour interview with The
Quarrymen followed by 30
minute Q and A.
John Lennon formed the skiffle group the
Quarrymen in 1956 with a gang school friends.
Paul McCartney joined in 1957 and George
Harrison in 1958. The group did an amateur
recording in 1958 of Buddy Holly's 'That'll Be The
Day' and 'In Spite Of All The Danger,' the latter
written by McCartney and Harrison. They
performed on and off on the Liverpool circuit until
1960 when the group finally disbanded. The
Quarrymen reformed in 1997 without it's most
famous members and from 1997 to date they
have performed all over the world,recorded four
Cds, written books and appeared in numerous
documentaries.
In Spite Of All The Danger - The Quarrymen
On Sunday the 30th of August 2020 Quarrymen
members, Colin Hatton, Rod Davis, Len Garry,
John Duff Lowe and Chas Newby will be taking
you on a trip down memory lane at the Magical
Beatles Museum on Mathew Street talking about
those fledgling years, their fellow band members,
Lennon, McCartney and Harrison. Their first
recording session and performances good and
bad and much much more. Hear how it really
was in the pre-fab years, prior to the Beatles and
Beatlemania from those who were truly there.
As we all know the first iteration of The Beatles was the Quarrymen. Formed in 1956 as a skiffle group, we are pleased to announce that surviving members of the band are to appear at BestFest 12. Since the break-up of the Beatles in 1970 and the death 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, was released in 1995 under the Quarrymen name. The surviving members of the original line-up of the Quarrymen reunited in 1997 for the 40th anniversary of their performance at the 1957 Woolton village fete—which was the occasion of the first meeting of Lennon and McCartney. All five surviving original members, Pete Shotton, Rod Davis, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and Colin Hanton, performed. Following this, 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 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 on 24 March 2017. As of 2016, Davis, Garry, and Hanton continue to perform around the world. Lowe occasionally performs with them. In September and October 2010, the band undertook a US tour celebrating the 70th anniversary 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. Since 2016, former Beatles bassist Chas Newby has been performing with the band. Since their 1997 reformation, the Quarrymen have recorded three albums, consisting mostly of covers of 1950s rock and skiffle.
Roag Best
Founder The Liverpool Beatles Museum
The Liverpool Beatles Museum is the brainchild
of Roag Best. He is the son of not only their
longest running associate, Neil Aspinall—who
went on to manage the band and was one of the
only people in the world who had the confidence
of John, Paul, George and Ringo and their wives
and family members—but he is the half-brother
of The Beatles original drummer Pete Best.
And because of the unique position he found
himself in, he was the beneficiary of much Beatle-
related memorabilia, not only given to him by his
dad but also items from the band’s very
beginnings at the Casbah Club, that is considered
historically significant.
Doors for show open 1.00pm Showtime 2.00pm
Tickets £27.50
Licenced bar and refreshments.
Liverpool Beatles Museum
23 Mathew Street,
Liverpool,
L2 6RE
0151 236 1337
e: roagmuseum@gmail.com
