McCartney Times

Without Paul McCartney, The Beatles as we know them would never have existed. There would be no ‘Let It Be’, no ‘Get Back’, no ‘Blackbird’. In fact, band members used to say that without McCartney’s nagging, they might never have actually finished an album. But before all of that, McCartney needed to audition for his place in the group.Back in 1957, 16-year-old John Lennon was already the lead singer in a band called The Quarrymen with friends from his school. McCartney came across Lennon when he went to a church fête with his friend Ivan, where Lennon’s band happened to be playing. Having already learnt to play guitar thanks to a £15 acoustic he got for trading in his trumpet, McCartney asked to join.

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