The Quarrymen play at Paul McCartney’s cousin’s wedding reception
The first colour photograph of The Quarrymen was taken at the Liverpool wedding reception of Paul McCartney’s cousin Ian Harris […]
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George Harrison meets the Quarrymen
George Harrison claimed the first time he saw the Quarrymen was at the Wilson Hall, opposite the bus depot in
The Quarrymen live: Cavern Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen’s first performance at the Cavern Club with Paul McCartney took place on 24 January 1958.
The Quarrymen live: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool
The Quarrymen’s first live engagement of 1958 was their third at the New Clubmoor Hall, a Conservative Club in Liverpool’s
The Quarrymen live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the Quarrymen’s second of four performances at Wilson Hall in Liverpool’s Garston district, one of the venues run
The Quarrymen live: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool
The Quarrymen returned to the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool, less than a month after they first played
The Quarrymen live: Stanley Abattoir social club, Liverpool
A somewhat bizarre booking for the nascent Quarrymen: they performed two raucous sets for the social club of Liverpool’s Stanley
The Quarrymen live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the first time the Quarrymen played at this notoriously rough venue in the Garston district of Liverpool.
Paul McCartney’s debut with the Quarrymen
Liverpudlian promoter Charlie ‘Mac’ McBain held regular skiffle and rock events at his venues. On Friday 18 October 1957 he
The Quarrymen first play the Cavern Club
The Cavern Club would become a regular venue for Beatles shows while they remained a Liverpool secret. Once Beatlemania took
John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
6 July 1957 was a pivotal day for the history of modern music: it was the day that John Lennon
The Quarrymen live: Rosebery St, Liverpool
The Quarrymen played twice on this day. In the afternoon they performed on the back of a stationary coal lorry,
The Quarrymen enter the TV Star Search competition
Less than a month after their first live appearance, The Quarrymen entered ABC TV’s talent show TV Star Search, organised