As for the play itself, I have matched the story to historical reality including dates, places and events. Having a real life Beatle up there on stage is going to be a fantastic buzz, not just for those fortunate enough to get tickets for the shows Pete is performing in, but for the whole cast and crew. Anyway, either with me, or the actor playing me, this show is going to be great fun!”Rob Fennah, added: “As a huge Beatles’ fan, I was gobsmacked when Pete said he wanted to do it. I would have loved to have done all of them but prior commitments made that impossible. So, when speaking to Rob Fennah about the book becoming a stage play, I said in passing, ‘I should play me!’ And low and behold, here I am doing a few of the performances. It made me smile a really enjoyable read. Both McCartney and Harrison attended the Liverpool Institute.Former Beatles drummer, Pete Best, is to play himself in a brand new comedy stage production called, Lennon’s Banjo.Written by Rob Fennah, the show is about a quest to find the holy grail of pop memorabilia – the first instrument John Lennon learned to play which has been missing for 60 years and now worth millions to whoever finds it.Set in present day Liverpool, the stage play is based on the novel ‘Julia’s Banjo’ by Rob Fennah and Helen A Jones.Pete said: “I read the novel ‘Julia’s Banjo’ some years ago and thought it was a great mix of fact and fiction with regards to the Beatles and the elusive banjo. George Harrison joined the band in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted because he felt Harrison (still only 14 when he was first introduced to Lennon) to be too young. The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, cinemas and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined the band in October 1957. Some accounts credit Lennon with choosing the new name other accounts credit his close friend Pete Shotton with suggesting the name. Lennon started a skiffle group that was very briefly called the Blackjacks, but changed the name before any public performances.
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Lennon's mother, Julia Lennon, taught her son to play the banjo and then showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs. The Quarrymen took their name from a line in the anthem of their high school, Quarry Bank High School. Originally, it consisted of Lennon and several of his friends from school. The band evolved into the Beatles in 1960. It was formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956. The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") were a British skiffle and rock and roll band. From left to right: Griffiths, Hanton, Davis, Lennon, Shotton, Garry
Peter's Church garden fête, where Lennon and McCartney first met.
The famous photo of the Quarrymen playing at St.
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