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UPDATED Mar 2026

Len Garry 1942 - 2026

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of our dear comrade-in-music, Len Garry, in the early hours of Monday 2 March, having been in poor health for several years.

His wife, Sue and daughters Jane and Ruth had been taking care of him at home, but recently he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia and a heart condition. However he was able to return home where he passed in the company of his family.

The last time Len played with the Quarrymen was in April 2023 at Strawberry Field. He had become dependent on his wheelchair which made it difficult for him to travel to gigs and even more difficult for him to get up on stage.

Len was a terrific Rock ‘n’ Roller and we have many great memories of our Quarrymen gigs around the world in his company - the USA and Canada, Cuba, Japan and just about every country in Europe, from where tributes and condolences have been flooding in.

Our sympathies go to Sue and all Len’s family. He will be sadly missed.
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Quarrymen Live CD

On Sunday 8 March 2020 the Quarrymen - Colin, Len, Chas and Rod - recorded a live CD in front of a specially invited audience. This took place at the Penny Lane Development Centre in Penny Lane itself, which is where Colin held his book launch in 2018. It’s a great little venue and Julie and her staff made us all most welcome. The CD captures the atmosphere of a Quarrymen live performance, with their - often rambling - introductions and asides, as well as a selection of significant songs from the Quarrymen’s history. The performance was recorded by Alan Lewis of Glass Studios, Birkenhead, who also produced the master.

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1: Maggie May
2: Rock Island Line
3: Lost John
4: Freight Train
5: Matchbox
6: Puttin’ on the Style
 

  7: Mean Woman Blues
  8: Come go with me
  9: In Spite of all the Danger
10: That’ll be the Day
11: Besame Mucho
12 That’s all right, Mama
13: Blue Moon of Kentucky

14: Don’t be cruel
15: One after 909
16: In my Life
17: Blue Suede Shoes
18: Twenty Flight Rock
19 Never stop Rockin’ ‘n’ Rollin’

Great! So where can I buy a copy?

 

Colin Hall - “The Songs The Beatles Gave Away”

 

Colin Hall, the curator of “Mendips”, who collaborated with Colin Hanton on his biography, has recently published a brand new book about the songs the Beatles gave away. However, it’s about a great deal more than that because Colin has included a whole swathe of carefully researched background material which is totally fascinating.

“The Songs The Beatles Gave Away” is a hardback, 528 pages, is published by Great Northern Books, and is available from them price £19.99 including UK p&p. 

Add £5.00 per book for Europe and £10.00 for overseas.

Signed copies are available on request at no extra charge.

To place your order, call 01274 735056 or visit www.gnbooks.co.uk
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Photo by Toby Clarke

A Turkish Quarryman??

A Turkish Quarrymen fan, Deniz Basterzi , has decided to re-create some songs from the Quarrymen’s early repertoire as a one-man band!  With the help of technology Deniz gets to play all the instruments himself, as well as singing, starting with “Putting on the Style” and “Baby, Let’s play house”!

Click on this link to find “Putting on the Style”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJr1hcVcAOY