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John Charles "Duff" Lowe (13 April 1942 – 22 February 2024) was an English pianist. In the late 1950s, he played piano for The Quarrymen, the group who would evolve into The Beatles.
Feb 26, 2024 · John “Duff” Lowe, member of the pre-Beatles band The Quarrymen with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, died February 22 at the age of 81.
John “Duff” Lowe in 2011. John Lowe, who was invited in 1958 by his Liverpool chum, Paul McCartney, to join the Quarrymen, the pre-Beatles rock ‘n’ roll/skiffle band formed by John Lennon, died February 22, 2024. Lowe, known as “Duff,” was 81.
"In Spite of All the Danger" is the first song recorded by the Quarrymen, then consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, pianist John Lowe, and drummer Colin Hanton. McCartney wrote the song and Harrison provided the guitar solo, and so the song is credited to McCartney–Harrison.
The Quarrymen (also written as " the Quarry Men ") are a British skiffle / rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, [2] which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several school friends, the Quarrymen took their name from a line in the school song of their school, the Quarry Bank High School.
Nov 8, 2012 · The original acetate disc was recorded in 1958 by The Quarrymen – the forerunner of The Beatles – and retained by former band member John ‘Duff’ Lowe. He tucked it away in a drawer until the early 1980s when he sold it to his old pal Paul McCartney for a rumoured £12,000.
Jun 29, 2022 · The songs featured John ‘Duff’ Lowe on piano, a school friend of McCartney’s who was recruited for his ability to play the arpeggio at the beginning of Jerry Lee Lewis’ ‘Mean Woman Blues’.
