Fact #17381
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The Beatles play at The Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey, England, UK, Europe. Also on tonight's bill are Danny Williams and Davy Jones (not the one from The Monkees). At lunchtime on this day The Beatles also played at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.Full article:
Bob Wooler (DJ, The Cavern Club) : We didn't have a strong drug scene by any means. Originally, it was just purple hearts, amphetamines, speed or whatever you want to call it. When The Beatles went down south, they sometimes brought back cannabis and gradually the drug scene developed in Liverpool.
There was a rare instance of cocaine when Davy Jones, a black rock 'n' roll singer who'd been with The Beatles in Hamburg, appeared at The Cavern. He was a Little Richard/Derry Wilkie type, very outgoing and bouncy. His big record was an oldie, Amapola, and its lyric about the 'pretty little poppy' must have appealed to him.
Alan Ross, who was a local compère, brought Davy down to The Cavern, and that was when I had cocaine for the first and only time in my life. I told Davy Jones about my sinuses, and he said, 'This'll clear it.' Alan Ross gave me a smile of approval, I tried it... and nearly hit the roof. There was laughter galore, and I rushed out into Mathew Street, trying to breathe the effects out.
I remember Pat Delaney saying, 'What's wrong, Robert?' and I said, 'Nothing, I'm just a bit giddy.' The Beatles welcomed Davy Jones with open arms, so I'm sure the drug-taking didn't stop with me. That is the common factor with The Beatles – whatever was going, they wanted to be a part of it.
(Source : interview by Spencer Leigh, BBC Radio Merseyside)
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There was a rare instance of cocaine when Davy Jones, a black rock 'n' roll singer who'd been with The Beatles in Hamburg, appeared at The Cavern. He was a Little Richard/Derry Wilkie type, very outgoing and bouncy. His big record was an oldie, Amapola, and its lyric about the 'pretty little poppy' must have appealed to him.
Alan Ross, who was a local compère, brought Davy down to The Cavern, and that was when I had cocaine for the first and only time in my life. I told Davy Jones about my sinuses, and he said, 'This'll clear it.' Alan Ross gave me a smile of approval, I tried it... and nearly hit the roof. There was laughter galore, and I rushed out into Mathew Street, trying to breathe the effects out.
I remember Pat Delaney saying, 'What's wrong, Robert?' and I said, 'Nothing, I'm just a bit giddy.' The Beatles welcomed Davy Jones with open arms, so I'm sure the drug-taking didn't stop with me. That is the common factor with The Beatles – whatever was going, they wanted to be a part of it.
(Source : interview by Spencer Leigh, BBC Radio Merseyside)