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This Day in Rock History - August 29th

1959: The Quarrymen consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ken Brown, play at the opening of the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. The club is located in the basement of private home owned by Mona Best. She has a son named Pete, the Quarrymen still need a drummer.

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