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Beatles Notes

Intro – 1961

John Lennon:
No beatles without john lennon
Catalyst – driving force
Middle name Winston
Oct 9th 1940 – birth
Singer, rhythm guitarist, keyboard
Born during german bombing raid in Liverpool
Named after prime minister
Freddy and Julia – parents
Not much said about freddy – merchant seaman – no relationship with dad
Met later – didn’t go well – father tried to sponge of his fame, money
John close with mom – she was musician – taught banjo and eukelali
Father left before he was one
John school group – quarrymen – taught john cords on banjo
Julia – free spirit – gave to sister mimi to raise
Upper middle class family – mendiffs
3 miles north of Liverpoola
Age 4 – dovetail primary school
Age 7 – reading , Alison in wonderland, wind in the willows – Lewis carol huge influence
Music – captured spirit
Rebelous youth – leader
Heard heartbreak hotel in 56 became huge fan
Radio Luxemburg – bbc didn’t play rock and roll
Sciffle – brithish folk music uptempo – tin cans, wash boards
Guranteed not to split guitar – bought for him
Mimi – strict but loving
Wanted to send john to music lessons – objected to structure
Age 10 – bus driver – played harmonica – bought john harmonica
Age 12 – choir bank grammer school – pete schoten – didn’t excel in school
Class clown
Cartooning and charactures – Liverpool college of art
Sung at st peters church / playing with youth club hops
Summer party – paul saw johns band perform
Sciffle and elvis songs – made up lyrics he didn’t know
Ivan von – invited to watch sciffle group
Pete schoton – wanted paul to join the band
Pete – stays with john – buys pete a shopping center
Pete leaves quarryman – george Harrison comes in
Art school- tortured genius types
Paul and John – excelled with healthiest competition

Paul McCartney:
June 18th 1942 – born – leftie (with ringo)
John paul and george – 5’11”
The real musician in the band – huey lewis
Can play any instrument givin the time to learn it...