On July 6, 1957, a 16-year-old John Lennon met 15-year-old Paul McCartney.
It was at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool and John
was playing with the Quarry Men at a church fete come garden party.
It was a Saturday afternoon and Paul had gone along to a fete with
his friend, Ivan Vaughan, to watch The Quarry Men. Ivan Vaughan had on occasions played tea-chest bass with the
Quarry Men and it was he who introduced Paul to John.
McCartney, wearing a white jacket with silver flecks and the
obligatory black drainpipe trousers, talked with John for a little while
and having shown John a technique for tuning, McCartney played some
songs, including a medley of Little Richard’s tunes, along with Eddie Cochran‘s “Twenty Flight Rock” and Gene Vincent‘s “Be-Bop-A-Lula.”
Afterwards, John and Pete Shotton talked over whether or not to ask
Paul to join The Quarry Men. They decided it would be a good idea and a
couple of weeks later Shotton saw Paul riding his bike in Woolton and
asked him to join. After a little thought, Paul agreed to become a
member.
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