Word: quarrymen
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...book treads through territory familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of the Beatles’ history. Their rough early years in Liverpool as the Quarrymen; the band’s evolution as a cohesive musical force in the decrepit red-light district of Hamburg; their subsequent return to Liverpool; the sudden stardom; their appearance on Ed Sullivan and Beatlemania in America; their reinvention amid the “Sergeant Pepper” years; and finally, the break-up, infamously hastened by tensions from Linda Eastman and Yoko...
...valley in north Wales. It's the first hometown show in five years for the Super Furry Animals, the most eclectic and technicolor band to emerge from the guitar-drenched mid-'90s. They're here to commemorate the centennial of the longest-ever British strike, when 3,000 local quarrymen walked off the job for three years. But the group isn't all about politics; after all, two yetis play kettledrums during a rendition of Mountain People. In the early days, the five members drove to festivals in their blue tank with built-in sound system, and their live shows...
...folk-music collector who helped discover Woodie Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters and others; in Sarasota, Fla. Described as "a missionary" by Bob Dylan, Lomax brought American folk music to the rest of the world, influencing the British skiffle craze of the 1950s, which gave rise to the Quarrymen, led by a young John Lennon...