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  • A Cheese Sandwich for John Lennon

  • Coming of Age in Rockin' Liverpool!
  • By: Maire McMahon
  • Narrated by: Amanda Parrott
  • Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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A Cheese Sandwich for John Lennon

By: Maire McMahon
Narrated by: Amanda Parrott
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Summary

Captivating first-person true stories about the emerging music scene in postwar Merseyside, UK, as experienced by Liverpool-born author, Maire E. McMahon!

A Cheese Sandwich for John Lennon takes the listener on a humorous, real-life journey back to a gritty era when Liverpool became a hub for emerging rock 'n' roll in Britain. Born in Liverpool during WWII, author Maire E. McMahon begins the journey by revealing her first encounters with rock 'n' roll as she and her pal Bernie discover Buddy Holly through records brought back to Liverpool by merchant sailors. She then gives the reader a wry look at ballroom dancing classes for working class kids before moving on to a teenage coming-of-age tale featuring the historic Locarno Ballroom and an up-close encounter with a budding young skiffle group, The Quarrymen. The book culminates with a hilarious chance meeting with a hungry young Beatle at Liverpool's Jacaranda club...with a final and unexpected twist!

A Cheese Sandwich for John Lennon is told in remarkable autobiographical fashion, as a quintessential coming-of-age story in postwar Britain. A must-read for any Beatles fans, music buffs, or Merseyside aficionados and historians.
©2021 Maire E. McMahon (P)2021 Maire E. McMahon
Music Biographies & Memoirs Great Britain
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Nostalgic tale of early '60s Liverpool music scene

Was intrigued to hear this 'first-hand' account of growing up in the late '50s / early '60s Liverpool with its nascent music scene. A nostalgic and evocative description of the privations of everyday life (putting a shilling in the leccy meter) juxtaposed against the excitement of this new 'American-sounding music' coming from the mysterious record player (who remembers having one of those?) and the neighbour's shock-horror at the energetically 'gyrating bodies'. Plus of course the encounter with this lanky guy called John, and hearing his band play their songs for the first time. Well-told story-telling narrated in melodic Liverpudlian with plenty of slang and idiom. My only minor criticism is that at the beginning, the speaking is very slow, perhaps to acquaint the uninitiated with the accent?

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