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Title: John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned
Post by: peregrine9 on August 08, 2011, 10:51:15 PM

BBC News Liverpool
August 5, 2011
John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned

John Lennon's debut at the famous Cavern Club was earlier than that listed by Beatles' historians, a former bandmate has claimed.Rod Davis, who played banjo alongside Lennon in The Quarrymen, says the date of 7 August, 1957 is incorrect.Mr Davis performed in the skiffle group at the club with Lennon, but was on holiday in France in early August 1957."No question about it, I played three or four times at The Cavern and it was definitely before August," he said." I have my dad's passport which says 'Entry to Boulogne 29 July, 1957', so I was definitely not there."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14406088 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14406088)

Title: Re: John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned
Post by: Bobber on August 09, 2011, 07:11:39 AM

Interesting subject for Eric Krasker to research. ;D

Title: Re: John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned
Post by: cubanheel on August 09, 2011, 04:44:50 PM

Taken him a while to notice the discrepancy. ha2ha

Title: Re: John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned
Post by: Bobber on August 09, 2011, 06:19:28 PM

Quote from: cubanheel on August 09, 2011, 04:44:50 PM

Taken him a while to notice the discrepancy. ha2ha

That's because the 50th anniversary was celebrated last week. It must have made him thinking that it wasn't correct in his opinion.