Beatles Stu and Astrid

Music by Cat Stevens 'Oh Very Young' released on his 1974 album Buddha and the Chocolate Box. John Lennon met Sutcliffe in the later part of the 1950s when they were both studying at the Liverpool College of Art, and according to Lennon, Sutcliffe had a "marvellous art portfolio", and was a seriously talented painter who was one of the "stars" of the school. They became best of friends and John persuaded Stu to buy a Höfner 500/5 model, known in Europe as a President bass with the money he had won in a John Moore art exhibition. In May 1960, Stu joined John, Paul and George (then known as The Silver Beetles). Stu's playing style was later described as elementary, mostly sticking to root notes of chords. In Hamburg 1960 when the Beatles first played at the Indra Club his stature grew after he began wearing dark Ray-Ban sunglasses and tight trousers. Sutcliffe's high spot each evening was singing "Love Me Tender", which drew more applause than the other Beatles songs. Astrid Kirchherr was born in 1938 in Hamburg, Germany. After her graduation Astrid enrolled in the Meisterschule für Mode, Textil, Graphik und Werbung in Hamburg, as she wanted to study fashion design, but demonstrated a talent for black-and-white photography and was convinced to switch courses. Astrid met Klaus Voormann at the Meisterschule and shared the same ideas about fashion, culture and music. In 1960, after Astrid and Klaus had had an argument, Klaus wandered down the Reeperbahn (in the St.Pauli ...