The NEW book about John Lennon
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About the book
There have been many books written about John Lennon, his life, his music, his part in the greatest group in music history.
But where did it all start for John? We know he loved “Rock Island Line” and Lonnie Donegan’s other popular tunes. We know he started The Quarry Men at Quarry Bank School with his friends. We know he was influenced by Elvis and other great rock ‘n’ roll legends.
However, what few authors have recorded is the important part played by one of John’s best friends, Michael Hill. Michael had attended Dovedale School with John, and they went to Quarry Bank together. Their friendship with Pete Shotton and Don Beattie was essential in John’s rock ‘n’ roll epiphany at Michael’s house.
And so, for the first time, read how Michael Hill turned his best friend John Lennon onto rock ‘n’ roll, a journey which took John from being a mere schoolboy in Liverpool to becoming the music legend known around the world.
This is a personal story of fun and friends, records and rock ‘n’ roll, and how John Lennon was so astounded that he decided there and then that rock ‘n’ roll was to be his life.
The chapters are as follows:
Foreword
Introduction
1 Beyond Imagining
2 War Infants
3 Traumatic Times
4 From Mummy to Mimi
5 Infants
6 Neighbourhood Life
7 Junior School
8 Entertainment
9 Mucking Around
10 Lennon and Tarbuck
11 Last Days at Dovedale
12 Grammar School
13 Punishment
14 Classroom Clown
15 Art and Writing
16 Running Wild in Wales
17 Being a Nuisance
18 Money
19 Growing Up
20 Scousers
21 Amsterdam
22 Musical Destiny
23 The Quarry Men
24 Going Nowhere
25 Quarry Bank Remembered
26 Musical Families
27 Musical Foundations
28 Merseybeat
29 Anguish
30 Little Richard
31 Divergence
32 Taking Off
33 A Fascinating Photo
34 Reconnecting