It's fall 1956 and a return to school means new friends and new ideas for John Lennon - and one idea, in particular, that will be the catalyst for everything that follows - the formation of a schoolboy skiffle group - The Quarrymen.

This is the story of how one of the thousands of amateur British schoolboy skiffle bands in the mid-1950s evolved into the beginnings of the greatest band in popular history. It’s a story of hope, creativity, and exploring musical boundaries. It’s also a story of tragedy, coincidence, and at times just sheer luck.

It is a story of beginnings, the story of John, Paul, George, and Ringo - Before They Were Beatles.

The music heard in this episode included:

• The Quarrymen - In Spite of All The Danger
  
• The Vipers - Don’t You Rock Me Daddy’O
  
• The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys - Worried Man Blues
  
• Paul McCartney - I Lost My Little Girl
  
• Lonnie Donigan - John Henry
  

You can find full versions of the music heard in this episode in the dedicated Before They Were Beatles Podcast YouTube channel - 

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