HAMBURG 2 (Room 112)
HAMBURG 2 (Room 112)
If Hamburg was to be the City where the Beatles honed their stage act then the Cavern in Liverpool is seen as their spiritual home, where they played more than any other venue. The Cavern was where they were ultimately ‘discovered’ by their svengali, manager Brian Epstein in November 1961.
This dank, dark, sweaty cellar was opened in Mathew Street, Liverpool on January 16th 1957 by Alan Sytner. It was based upon a Parisian night-club called ‘Le Caveaux’ which Sytner had visited. The Cavern began as a jazz club but quickly it was to be infiltrated by the young skiffle bands of the region, including John Lennon’s first band The Quarrymen, who played there twice, once in 1957 and again in January 1958, when Paul also made his Cavern debut. It was after the return of the band from their first trip to Hamburg that The Beatles, as they were now called would play their first gig at the Cavern under that name in February 9th 1961. It was a lunchtime session and over the course of the next two years the band virtually lived there playing close to 300 separate gigs. The exact number is open to debate, although Mark Lewisohn officially researched figure of 272 was always challenged by Cavern DJ Bob Wooler, who maintained that they played dozens of unscheduled and unadvertised gigs during the period. Whatever the figure, the Beatles became synonymous with the Club, which although has been knocked down and rebuilt, still to this date boasts the same address (10 Mathew Street), and occupies over 50% of the original site.
Artwork © Shannon
HAMBURG 2 (Room 112)
If Hamburg was to be the City where the Beatles honed their stage act then the Cavern in Liverpool is seen as their spiritual home, where they played more than any other venue. The Cavern was where they were ultimately ‘discovered’ by their svengali, manager Brian Epstein in November 1961.
This dank, dark, sweaty cellar was opened in Mathew Street, Liverpool on January 16th 1957 by Alan Sytner. It was based upon a Parisian night-club called ‘Le Caveaux’ which Sytner had visited. The Cavern began as a jazz club but quickly it was to be infiltrated by the young skiffle bands of the region, including John Lennon’s first band The Quarrymen, who played there twice, once in 1957 and again in January 1958, when Paul also made his Cavern debut. It was after the return of the band from their first trip to Hamburg that The Beatles, as they were now called would play their first gig at the Cavern under that name in February 9th 1961. It was a lunchtime session and over the course of the next two years the band virtually lived there playing close to 300 separate gigs. The exact number is open to debate, although Mark Lewisohn officially researched figure of 272 was always challenged by Cavern DJ Bob Wooler, who maintained that they played dozens of unscheduled and unadvertised gigs during the period. Whatever the figure, the Beatles became synonymous with the Club, which although has been knocked down and rebuilt, still to this date boasts the same address (10 Mathew Street), and occupies over 50% of the original site.
Artwork © Shannon
HAMBURG 2 (Room 112)
If Hamburg was to be the City where the Beatles honed their stage act then the Cavern in Liverpool is seen as their spiritual home, where they played more than any other venue. The Cavern was where they were ultimately ‘discovered’ by their svengali, manager Brian Epstein in November 1961.
This dank, dark, sweaty cellar was opened in Mathew Street, Liverpool on January 16th 1957 by Alan Sytner. It was based upon a Parisian night-club called ‘Le Caveaux’ which Sytner had visited. The Cavern began as a jazz club but quickly it was to be infiltrated by the young skiffle bands of the region, including John Lennon’s first band The Quarrymen, who played there twice, once in 1957 and again in January 1958, when Paul also made his Cavern debut. It was after the return of the band from their first trip to Hamburg that The Beatles, as they were now called would play their first gig at the Cavern under that name in February 9th 1961. It was a lunchtime session and over the course of the next two years the band virtually lived there playing close to 300 separate gigs. The exact number is open to debate, although Mark Lewisohn officially researched figure of 272 was always challenged by Cavern DJ Bob Wooler, who maintained that they played dozens of unscheduled and unadvertised gigs during the period. Whatever the figure, the Beatles became synonymous with the Club, which although has been knocked down and rebuilt, still to this date boasts the same address (10 Mathew Street), and occupies over 50% of the original site.
Artwork © Shannon