50 years ago. The Beatles play their first show at The Cavern in Liverpool.

[Condem]

John, Paul, George, Stuart and Pete. An unadvertised, lunch time concert. I bet over the years, 10,000 said they were there.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Oh yeah, I'll tell you something

I think you'll understand

When I say that something

[Condem]

4. I believe they opened with 'Hippy Hippy Shake'.

They got five pounds or quid for the concert. Whatever L stands for.

[MorningGlow]

10. Pounds are quid

Like "dollars" and "bucks".

Big take for them! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I wonder if anyone took any pictures...

How cool that would be!

[struggle4progress]

17. Here's a pic from one of their gigs there:

http://www.lisa-und-georg.de.nyud.net:8090/mediac/400_0/media/Cavern~Club~1961.jpg
The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Early 1961
http://blog.beatletracksband.com/2010/04/20/the-beatles-at-the-cavern-club-early-1961.aspx

[jdlh8894]

3. Who cares?

40 years ago, I played ---------no sense saying with whom. EOM

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[jdlh8894]

8. Did I say I played w/anybody ? Just don't give a DAMN about the

????? What was that name again???

[Condem]

9. You're right. Forgive me.

Fuckin' A. The ???? didn't mean a damn thing in realm of pop culture. Can't wait to hear your grunt on this one.

[jdlh8894]

14. No grunt . Just one ?

Why didn't they keep Pete? Hell of a lot better than (Damn,can't remember his name)

[Condem]

16. As a drummer, no, jldh.

But at the time he had more groupies (a name not coined yet) then Paul. And his mum owned a well known nightclub.

[madrchsod]

5. god i`m getting old...bbc overnight had a nice bit about this.

[Condem]

7. Link, madrchsod.

Love to hear it.

[begin_within]

11. Any footage of it?

[Merlot]

12. Just watched "Nowhere Boy"

If you like that era and music, this movie really shows it well. If you haven't heard about this movie (not many have apparently) it's about the early years of John Lennon and his family life. I don't know how much of it was true, but it was very entertaining.

And yes, it shows the day he met Paul.

[Condem]

13. Saw it, Merlot.

The thing that people forget was that this was John's band. But after 'How I Won The War' he was looking for a way out. Very true to John's early life. Well done.

[Tunkamerica]

18. streaming on netflix i believe.

[Soral]

15. I heart the Beatles They will always be the best, period