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Rod Davis and David Bedford will be taking part in Leeds Beat ‘24,at HEART - Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre -  on Saturday 19 October. This musical extravaganza is to celebrate the fact that 60 years ago the Beatles played at the Odeon Cinema in Leeds. Rod and David will be talking about the early days of the Quarrymen, singing a few songs and maybe playing some of Rod’s vintage instruments. Also on the bill are Leeds own Beatles tribute band, the Fib Four, Tony Skeggs, Shayler Franklin and the Ramblers and the Mathew Street Beat. Starting at 1pm the event continues until 9pm in the evening.

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Leeds Saturday 19 October

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 Sunday 5 December the Quarrymen - and Friends - will be appearing in Tamworth at St. Editha’s Community Church Hall, College Lane, Tamworth B79 7BX.

Opening the show for us will be Pete Dicks, of Beatles and Beyond fame, the DJ behind Britain’s longest running Beatles Radio Show.

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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.

Soundwerk Stuttgart - Sun 18 Aug

Rod Davis took part in a “Meet and Greet”, chatting and  picking the odd tune and showing his Powerpoint presentation all about  whilst consuming Sausages
& Beer - or maybe Coffee & Cheesecake at Soundwerk in Stuttgart where the Quarrymen played in September 2023.

Many thanks to Markus of Soundwerk for organising the gig.

www.soundwerk.de

Saturday 24 August Colin and Rod found themselves at the Liverpool Beatles Museum in Mathew Street where they were chatting to Roag Best, and having fun with a whole lot of leg-pulling!.

We spent Sunday of Beatleweek at the big Convention Day at The Adelphi Hotel, where we played to an enthusiastic crowd in the Ballroom. Chrisse again joined us on lead guitar.

On  Saturday 14 Sep we played in the beautiful Bavarian city of Regensburg, on the banks of the River Danube and naturally got to try some of the fantastic local beer. Next day we travelled to Vienna where we played in the Szene Club, a famous music venue. Next day, despite the rain, we enjoyed a free day in the city, sampling the special Wienerschnitzel and the Sachertorte! A great trip and many thanks to Roland who organised it all for us, and to Antonia who showed us round Vienna.

Left: On stage at the Szene with guest guitarist Wolfgang Bernreuther

Duff’s CD now on Spotify etc!

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

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