By JAMES D. WATTS JR. Scene Writer on Jul 9, 2009, at 8:50 AM Updated on 7/09 at 8:50 AM
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According to the July 6 edition of The Writer's Almanac, which Garrison Keillor presents on KWGS each morning around 9 a.m.:
"It was on this day in 1957 that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met at a church dance in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was almost 17, and Paul McCartney had just turned 15. Lennon had formed a band called the Quarrymen. They were all right, but not great, and they couldn't play at bars because they were all underage. But they got a gig playing at St. Peter's Church for the annual summer garden party, on a stage in a field behind the church, and then again that night in the dance hall at the church. Paul McCartney heard the band and thought they were pretty good — especially John Lennon. Paul went to school with one of the band members, who took him over to the band and introduced him while they were setting up for their second show. Paul said that he played guitar, and also that he knew how to tune one. No one in the band could tune their own guitars — they took them to a specialist — so they were impressed. Paul taught John how to tune, and he sang him a few recent rock songs, including a medley by Little Richard. And about a week later, John asked Paul to join the band."
Coincidentally, Tulsa announces on July 8 that McCartney will be performing in Tulsa for the first time, at the BOk Center.
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