![]() ![]() While juggling the busy Beatles schedule, McCartney was a man about town in the mid-60s, soaking up inspiration from all corners of the arts. Peter's Church hall where they met (from my own collection) Paul and John with Gene Vincent. Pepper's, Abbey Road, and beyond! Below: John and the Quarrymen photographed at the 1957 Fete, along with one of the original floor panels from St. McCartney soon joined Lennon's band and history followed, from The Quarrymen to The Beatles, to Hamburg, The Cavern, Beatlemania, movies, world tours, Sgt. As the story goes of that first meeting at the Woolton Fete, McCartney impressed Lennon with Cochran's "Twenty-Flight Rock" and Lennon played Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" for the first time on stage. ![]() Vincent is seen seen in the photo below with Paul and John at the Cavern dressed in matching leather gear. The two boys shared a love for Rock n Roll, especially two rockabilly cats who toured England in those early years: Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent. Peter's Church on July 6, 1957, where he formally met John Lennon for the first time. McCartney's childhood friend, Ivan Vaughan (also born on June 18th), brought him to the Woolton County Fete at St. I visited inside a few years back and found the rooms filled with light, family photos, and a vibe that said "the more the merrier!" Since I first wrote this tribute, Paul has also returned to visit inside the house and seemed moved and happy to remember the good times spent there writing his early songs with John Lennon, as well as family life with dad and brother. Although Paul has said in interviews that he has sad memories of the house -because of his mother's early death- the home is quite cheerful these days. Photo below by brother Mike McCartney (of The Scaffold): playing guitar in his back yard at 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool. Elvis opened the floodgates of Rock and McCartney became a devotee of Fats Domino, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and the Everly Brothers. As Lonnie Donegan belted out "Rock Island Line" and other Skiffle hits during the era, McCartney wrote his first tunes- including "When I'm Sixty-Four." In 1956, he found his "messiah," Elvis Presley. It wasn't until he saw an image of Slim Whitman that he realized he could restring the instrument backwards for easier playing as a lefty. He swapped his horn for a Framus Zenith acoustic model and began strumming away. After a brief interlude with a trumpet, Paul went to see Lonnie Donegan perform at Liverpool's Empire Theatre on Novemand was swept up in the new Skiffle craze. Young Paul developed a keen ear for the classics and a passion to make music of his own. His father, James, was an amateur musician with a local jazz band, and he brought Paul and younger brother Mike up with an appreciation for all kinds of music. His mother Mary (as in "mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom") was a nurse. Paul McCartney was born eighty-one years ago today. ![]()
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