But when I was 13, I broke my arm at scout camp, so Pete Best got the job in our kid’s group. It was fortuitous, though, because if I had become the Beatles’ drummer, we’d probably have gone the Oasis route. In those days, the Beatles were supporting people like Joe Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard. But this picture shows what the Beatles were like as human beings, which was four working-class Liverpool lads. Not just the Beatles, but all the other artistic sides of Liverpool – comedy, poetry, pop art.

Source: The Guardian December 02, 2021 21:41 UTC