Part of an interview with Vince Eager, a skiffle fan who saw Lonnie Donegan on his first skiffle show performance, and then became his good friend and the last person to perform with Lonnie.
Hope you enjoy the interview.
David
Tag: The Quarry Men
The Quarrymen Live in Liverpool
Latest appearance of The Quarrymen, with me on bass guitar, and John Duff Lowe’s son Henry on keyboard.
Great fun, at the main Arena in Liverpool in front of 2000 fans. We were there to support The Mersey Beatles, a fantastic tribute band.
Enjoy.
The Quarrymen in Conversation
Episode 9 – The Quarrymen in Conversation with Billy Bragg. Rod Davis and Colin Hanton talk about The Quarrymen, their stories, John meeting Paul and making the first record in 1958, plus so much more!
Becoming The Quarrymen- interview with David
I am playing with the Quarrymen in Bristol on 22nd July, and so the organisers interviewed me about the story of the Quarrymen.
Watch below
The Day John met Paul – Audio from 6th July 1957
It is amazing that, not only did John and Paul only meet through Ivan Vaughan, their only connection, but their friend Geoff Rhind took a photo, and another friend, Bob Molyneux, recorded them that evening.
This is the audio that survived.
Enjoy!
David
When did The Quarrymen Start? New Evidence!!
It has always been an intriguing question – when did the Quarrymen start? There’s lots of evidence and a new twist too!
Find out more in this video
Let me know what you think?
David
The Quarrymen at Strawberry Field
Last Saturday, 15th April 23, I had the honour of playing with The Quarrymen at Strawberry Field on their new stage. Great fun!
You can watch it here. Great stories from the guys and enormous fun to play bass with them.
David and Rod Davis in Germany
On 20th May I flew out to Germany with Rod Davis from the Quarrymen.
Rod, like many people, didn’t realise that I play guitar and sing a bit too! So he suggested that ge would do a talk with songs, I would do my talk, and then we would sing some songs together. What an honour that was for me and we had so much fun too!!
Have a look at the video I’ve just uploaded to our YouTube channel and I hope you forgive the camera work from those watching and my singing too!
Rock Island Line by The Quarrymen
George Harrison said, “No Lonnie Donegan, no Beatles” and he was right. It was Lonnie who started the skiffle craze and got John Lennon to start The Quarrymen, which started the Beatles!
Here are the Quarrymen performing “Rock Island Line”
Len Garry Joins The Quarrymen
Ivan Vaughan didn’t only introduce Paul McCartney to John Lennon, but months earlier, he had introduced Len Garry to Lennon.
Len tells his story here:
