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An designer of being successful integrity, cellist Colin Carr has gained admiration for performances of soul-baring introspection and searing intensity. Like his one-time coach, Carr gets the present for musical penetration. Unlike the Menuhin of old age, Carr has a company and dependable technique and could become counted upon for …

Founded in 1957 by John McNally (guitar/vocals), the Searchers had been originally among a large number of skiffle teams created in the wake of Lonnie Donegan’s success with “Rock and roll Island Range.” The Searchers’ instant competitors included rings like the Wreckers as well as the Confederates, both led by …

So much continues to be said and discussed the Beatles — and their tale is indeed mythic in its sweep — that it is difficult to conclude their career without restating clichés which have recently been digested simply by tens of an incredible number of rock and roll fans. To …

The chances are extraordinarily high that, under ordinary circumstances, the Quarrymen (or Quarry Guys — no two sources acknowledge the spelling) could have been forgotten years ago, alongside thousands of various other skiffle rings that sprang up throughout Britain in the middle- to past due -’50s. Since it worked out, …