John Duff Lowe
John Charles Duff Lowe (1942 – 2024) was a part time member of the Quarrymen for a while, when the lineup was John, Paul, George, drummer Colin Hanton and John Duff Lowe on the...
Category: Quarrymen
Mona’s diary
In an upcoming auction, Mona Best’s early 1960 booking diary for her Casbah Club is for sale. You might remember that after having lost Colin, their drummer, the second to last incarnation of the...
Cry For A Shadow
I just came back from the Norwegian Beatles Festival, which was held in Bergen this weekend. It started on Thursday with a screening of the documentary about Colin Hanton, John, Paul and George’s first...
Pre Fab! opens Florida Film Festival
We have written about it a couple of times during its making, but now the premiere is imminent. “Pre Fab!” has been named the Opening Night film at the 2022 Florida Film Festival, Friday,...
A piece of history
A piece of history is to be auctioned off at Julien’s Auctions in their premiere music auction event MUSIC ICONS, taking place Friday, May 20th, Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd 2022 live...
New Clubmoor Hall or not?
Yesterday was the anniversary of a gig by the Quarry Men (or the Quarrymen) in the Conservative Club at New Clubmoor Hall. The image above has been identified as coming from that occasion, and...
1959 photo of John, Paul and George unearthed
Paul, John and George in Mona Best’s living room, late 1959. Causing quite a commotion among Beatles fans when it was published by the BBC as well as in the Daily Mail on April...
The Cavern Club – The Beat Goes On …
Also available on DVD from the Cavern Club shop. Presented by Paul McGann, The Cavern Club and LA Factual have come together to produce ‘The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On’, a unique documentary...
The Quarrymen live in Eger, Hungary
The Quarrymen on the stage in Hungary. From our Hungarian correspondent, Gabor Peterdi: John Lennon’s original The Quarrymen – Colin Hanton, Len Garry, Rod Davis and Chas Newby – have given their first concert...
Quarrymen concert poster discovered
An original Quarrymen concert poster from 1959 has been discovered An original Quarrymen concert poster from 1959 has been discovered by Pete Howard at Postercentral.com. The poster was recently acknowledged by Roag Best as genuine....
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