#the quarrymen

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Scan - George Harrison, Liverpool, c. 1958/1959, photographed by Paul McCartney; scanned from Remember by Mike McCartney.

Photo: Paul McCartney

“A young George Harrison with his Tony Curtis haircut, bright fluorescent green wasitcoat (under the towel), and skintight jeans. He’s carrying flippers, so he must be off to the swimming pool or the sea. This would be around 1958 or ‘59, when George, Paul, and John were in the Quarrymen skiffle group. I though I’d taken this photograph, but Paul rang up to complain, ‘Hey you bugger lugs! I took that one!’” - Mike McCartney

The Quarrymen at Woolton Garden Fete, Liverpool, 6 July 1957. Photo by Geoff Rhind.

The following is from a letter by Paul McCartney to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of John and Paul’s first meeting in 1997; it’s included in Len Garry’s book John, Paul & Me: Before The Beatles:

“Then, as you all know, he asked me to join the group, and so we began our trip together. We wrote our first songs together, we grew up together and we lived our lives together.

And when we’d do it together, something special would happen. There’d be a little magic spark.

I still remember his beery old breath when I met him here that day. But I soon came to love that beery old breath. And I loved John. I was and still am a great fan of John’s. We had a lot of fun together and I treasure all those beautiful memories.” - Paul McCartney

The Quarrymen.