Before Ringo and Best: The Colin Hanton Story - Drum History Podcast

Colin Hanton was the original drummer for the Quarrymen which featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison in Liverpool circa 1956. He shares the amazing story of first meeting John Lennon and then the group evolving and growing gig by gig and adding the other future Beatles as time went on. It is amazing to hear the difficulties they faced trying to scrape together money to buy instruments and afford a 2 song EP which is an incredible story all in itself. We cover when Colin left the group and Pete Best became the next Quarrymen drummer and then when things exploded with Ringo. Enjoy this great piece of musical history with a living legend!
Check out Colins book here: www.amazon.com...
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Thank you for listening!

[@brent3760]

Very cool that you tracked this guy down and got ahold of him for an interview! Wow!!!! Thank you!!!

[@yes_head]

Wow, that's some amazing Beatles history. Colin's a great guy to just lay it all out in a way that's so honest and not self-serving. But it's fascinating to learn that John's acerbic personality was already fully formed and winning hearts and minds at such an early age.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks for the great content bro!
Beautiful work you are doing

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Thanks brother!

[@elwoodwhite9734]

Wow I never new this info great history this man was part of the British Explosion exciting still bless you

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Thanks for watching. Colin is a very humble guy but he is definitely a part of drum history