Groovy Beatles pictures

[brammy]

June 1962

4 September 1962

Star Club, Nov-Dec, 1962

Pete Best with Lee Curtis And The All-Stars. Late 1962

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January 1963:

Invicta Ballroom

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(go ahead.... tell me you didn't need to hear that)

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[brammy]

The Missing drumhead.......

from
http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1960 ... ringo.html

The photo to the right is quite unusual and a bit of a mystery. According to an article by musician Iain Hines, which accompanied the photo in a January 1965 issue of 16 Magazine, this photo was taken the night Paul and Pete were arrested by the Hamburg police for the infamous fire incident. Hines claims this band was hastely thrown together to fill The Beatles' spot.

Pictured left to right: Iain Hines, Colin Mealander, Rory Storm,
Tony Cavanagh and Tony Sheridan.

But what about that drum head? The drums look similar to Ringo's kit but that can't be determined with certainty. Pete has stated that his drums were left behind in Hamburg but these are not his drums.

Pete tells a story of having "Beatles" on his drum head for a short time. However, he states that it was white letters on a bright orange background. That description doesn't fit the drum here. As a point of note, he also states that some photos of the "Beatles" drum head exist but none seem to have surfaced.

My theory... If Hines' description of this session is correct, perhaps The Beatles' name was written as a joke. This would have been the end of The Beatles' first tenure in Hamburg. Surely, patrons would know this is not The Beatles.

If this was indeed the night of the condom fire, then "the Beatles' name was written as a joke" sound very plausible. A photo of Pete's orange and white drumhead would be a groovy Beatles picture indeed.

[brammy]

....and speaking of bands "hastely thrown together", this shot from the Cavern in early 1961 clearly shows that the Beatles occasionally played with other musicians at that time.

July 1961

Mid 1961

[kieran campbell]

Is it true that Jerry Garcia's Tiger guitar was sold for USD $850,000 making it the most expensive guitar ever up to that point in time . it was sold up at auction on May 8, 2002 ?

[brammy]

mos def
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000140.html

[kieran campbell]

Cool Thanks!

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mos def
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000140.html

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Are you saying that Mos def was the buyer?

[brammy]

mos def

[kieran campbell]

ha ha

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