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A special gig for The Original Quarrymen and Friends - Colin Hanton and Rod Davis back in their native village of Woolton - together with Henry Duff Lowe and David Bedford - with support from Edward Rhodes. 18 year old Edward - frontman of Preston Indie rock band “Pendant” opened the show for us at the M&S Bank Arena last summer, he was so great we invited him along tonight!

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Photo left: L to R: Pete Shotton, Eric Griffiths,,Len Garry, John Lennon, Colin Hanton and Rod Davis in the St. Peter’s Rose Queen procession on 6 July 1957.

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Saturday 24 August Colin and Rod will be at the Liverpool Beatles Museum in Mathew Street where they will be chatting to Roag Best. These guys can talk for England, so you will be sure of a great afternoon’s entertainment. Tickets are available from Pete Best’s official website:

www.petebest.com

Soundwerk Stuttgart - Sun 18 Aug

Rod Davis will be “Meeting and Greeting”, chatting and maybe picking the odd tune whilst consuming Sausages
& Beer - or maybe Coffee & Cheesecake at Soundwerk in Stuttgart where the Quarrymen played in September 2023. This all kicks off around 11am. More info at:

www.soundwerk.de

Regensburg & Vienna 14 & 15 Sep

The end of November finds the Quarrymen on their way back to Germany again, this time to Stadthagen near Hannover for a gig on Friday 29 Nov, and then a return visit to Cottbus for another perfomance on Saturday 30th. By a happy coincidence, this is just the time when the German Christmas Markets start, with all that Gluhwein and sausages....

On Saturday 6 July - a fateful date! - the Original Quarrymen and Friends returned to Quarry Hall, one of the first stages that they played, at the school where John started his Skiffle Group, the Quarrymen, in 1956, with some friends from the Fourth Year. Last of those friends is Rod Davis, who played with John 1956 -57,  together with drummer Colin Hanton who played with John, Paul and George until 1959. On keyboards was Henry Duff Lowe, son of the man who played piano on ”In Spite of all the Danger” and on bass, prolific Beatles author David Bedford. Special guest Clark Gilmour, from The Cavern opened the proceedings with a terrific solo set, after which members of the audience took part in a Q & A session with the group.

Earlier that afternoon the Quarrymen made a surprise visit to Dovedale Road School’s Fete in Penny Lane. Dovedale was the primary school attended by John Lennon, George Harrison and Ivan Vaughan - and also by our bass player David Bedford. The guys introduced the crowd to some original fifties Skiffle and Rock ‘n’ Roll, before heading off to Calderstones School for their evening gig.

John Duff Lowe’s CD, “Open for Engagements” is now available on Itunes, Apple Music and Spotify!

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