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by Gary E. Andrews - 07/24/26 08:58 PM
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Here it is in John's own words from 1963....
When I was at Dovedale, I knew George Harrison but only by sight, because of our age differnce of nearly three years. A big gap when you're as young as we were. Later George went on to Liverpool Institute and I went to Quarry Bank. It was several years later that we got really keen on music, and Paul and I started teaching ourselves the guitar. After school each night, we'd rush through our tea and then meet, and practice our act. When we felt we were good enough, we went for an audition, calling ouselves The Nurk Twins.
"Very good," the agent said after our performance. "I'll book you for a show in Reading." "Great," we yelled, going potty with joy. We sang several songs in that show and a small proportion of the population of Reading went mad on us.
It was then we started dreaming of a future in show business. Before that, we hadn't dared to think about one. Unfortunately, though, the Nurk Twins didn't altogether catch on, and we felt we'd do much better in a larger group rather than as a duo. So we started and finished several groups until we got one together that had the beginnings of a new sound.
Stevie Probably a ghost writer who gave wrong info, for Paul came well after John's real first band, "The Black Jacks", and after one of the first of three Nerk twins duo acts I just found out about. The practicing of guitars for John and Paul of course came after the Schoolyard meeting in 1957 where The Guarrymen were playing, which was after John's first band, "The Black Jacks", and after the first of The Nerk Twins duo acts of Lennon and Pete Shooten, This was before The Quarrymen even! Later, John and Paul, and also Paul and his brother, Mike, (using the Nurk Twins spelling) would perform as duos. John and Paul did that twice in late April, of course "after" the meeting of the two, and after Lennon's other Nerk Twins performances with Pete Shooten.  Lennon's first band? "The Black Jacks" His first duo? With Pete Shooten, as The Nerk Twins. Lennon's Second duo act? With Paul as The Nerk or Nurk Twins. Paul's other duo? With his brother, Mike, as The Nurk Twins.
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