On February 9 this year marks 50 years since the Beatles performed their first concert in "the cavern Club" in the city of Liverpool in the North of England.The bar was the place where the band built their reputation and their place of birth of the so-called Beatlemania.
Alex McKechnie, then 16 years was the crowd of the first filing and became a frequent client of the club.
McKechnie talks about the BBC on their experience.
"I saw the Beatles a few times in the North of Liverpool and worked at the Centre of the city as a Messenger in a print shop when I heard that the Group would play cave during the lunch hour."
"The cave was in the basement of a warehouse for three or four floors".
The public by stairs and stone with three long arcs then downwards.
"The end of one of the arches has a small scene". This is where the Beatles selections 292.
Alex McKechnie never heard talk of the Beatles sing their own songs in the cave."Je me souviens be excited. The music sounded even more exciting (as previous concerts) because the cave was a place of space reduced by initiated music a bit stronger and more exciting. "Between 20 and 30 people were at the bar."
"The Beatles had everything." Not only had a great singer, had two great singers. "Always done harmonies for the first time I saw".
"Probably only could afford two microphones and therefore the singer was one and the other two being with each other in the second microphone." They were extremely charismatic and fun to see. "There was furthermore camaraderie among them."
"Never heard sing them one of his own songs because they were a group of occasions at that time, as they were all in Liverpool".
"The songs sang - these and Liverpool - other bands were Chuck Berry, Little Richard and The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly". "The sound that I remember very clearly the cavern Beatles is Chuck Berry chord."
"Apart from playing songs standards, the Beatles were a little different because they were better when they play complicated chords". "The Beatles were a little more adventurous.
"He was not only the music and songs, was his lack of respect for the public." To cave during the first concerts, the Group was very irreverent to the public and others. "A way were the first group of punk".
The cavern Beatles plays both 292."Were still doing when they went to United States - if someone took a question did not a serious answer is how they behaved in the cave, and I think they liked the club".
"They were the epitome of the rebellion at Liverpool because trying to pitch to imitate Cliff Richard and Shadows." "They were going against the tide goal."
"It was your purpose in life, create controversy. They were shamelessly and funny. They were somehow, the voice of us against the authority. "We have minirebeldes to support."
"Although heard when I returned to work I used to look out the window and think about the Beatles and girls who were in the cave." "Really not I couldn't concentrate at work".
"In a few weeks already had won more fans." Spread, the crowd grew and people still returning. "Once you've seen Era to see again".
"Were long lines in the streets, giving back in the corner". But at this point, I stopped participating in the cave.
"They began to speak in London and record albums and stuff like that." "It was a betrayal."
"I wasn't the only one." I think that those who thought they had discovered were truly few influential abandoned them when the masses. It is only when I heard the song "love Me Do" on the radio, I began to be interested again. "My wife later bought all the records, but the first era of the Beatles came to me."
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