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This Day in Rock History - July 6th

1957: A day that not only changed music history, but cultural history as well.

It was on this day that a young Paul McCartney met John Lennon when Paul showed up at a church in Liverpool where John’s band the Quarrymen was playing.

In between sets, Paul demonstrates his proficiency on guitar to John, singing Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock.” John decides to include him in the band.

 

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