The Liverpool Roadrunners
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The Roadrunners were an English band that emerged from the burgeoning music scene in 1960s Liverpool.
The Liverpool Roadrunners
Mersey Beat
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Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. It was founded by Bill Harry, who was one of John Lennon's classmates at Liverpool Art College. The paper carried news abo
The Liverpool Roadrunners
…and blues – a genre of music which was more popular in Southern England at the time, led by the up-and-coming Rolling Stones. Bill Harry, editor of Mersey Beat, recollects that George Harrison once said that "The Stones are good – almost as good as the Roadrunners". The band was resident at the Hope Hall (now…
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The original Mersey Beat office was at 81a Renshaw Street, Liverpool. (green shop front on the right)