Paul McCartney’s 1960 Letter To Audition A Drummer For The Beatles Trip To Hamburg

LETTERS of note: Paul McCartney wrote this letter in 1960 to a possible drummer for the Beatles for the band’s trip to Hamburg. The wold-be drummer should go to the Jacaranda Club – the Liverpool venue first to host the Beatles.

Letter from Paul McCartney written in 1960 to a possible drummer for the Beatles. Pete Best got the job in the end.

 

Pete Best got the job in the end.

Former Beatles drummer Pete Best back in the Jacaranda Club in Liverpool's Slater Street, the first club the Beatles ever played in.  Date: 25/01/1996

Former Beatles drummer Pete Best back in the Jacaranda Club in Liverpool’s Slater Street, the first club the Beatles ever played in.
Date: 25/01/1996

 

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