Colin Hanton
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Colin Leo Hanton is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the 1950s skiffle band The Quarrymen, led by a young John Lennon. He currently plays for the reformed version of The Quarrymen.
Hanton in 2011
In Spite of All the Danger
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"In Spite of All the Danger" is the first song recorded by the Quarrymen, then consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, pianist John Lowe, and drummer Colin Hanton.
Colin Hanton
…drums on the Quarrymen's first recordings, a cover of The Crickets' "That'll Be the Day" and an original song by Paul McCartney and George Harrison, "In Spite of All the Danger", in 1958. Hanton left the Quarrymen after an argument with the rest of the band following a disastrous performance at the Speke Bus Depot Social Club…
Original 78 rpm acetate