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Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

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3. Oh, and Klaus met the Beatles in late 1960, not 1961. I'd seen a number of references to 1961 in what

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:45 PM

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I was reading the other night, but should have checked more carefully.

The Beatles started playing at the Kaiserkeller in early October of 1960, after having played at another club, the Indra, when they first arrived in Hamburg in August.

I tried searching for

klaus voormann beatles october 1960

to try to find the exact date Klaus first saw them, and so far turned up only one page giving an exact date, October 16. But I don't know how much I can trust that, since that search also turned up a number of pages saying they met in "early 1960" - months before the Beatles were in Hamburg.

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For Global Beatles Day - Klaus Voormann, the German artist & bass player (Manfred Mann) who inspired the Beatles haircut [View all] highplainsdem Thursday OP

Btw, there's going to be a BBC miniseries about the Beatles in Hamburg based on Klaus's autobiography: highplainsdem Thursday #1

I ran across an interview with Klaus explaining he played bass with the Beatles more than one night highplainsdem Friday #2

Oh, and Klaus met the Beatles in late 1960, not 1961. I'd seen a number of references to 1961 in what highplainsdem Friday #3