Tony Sheridan, sang with The Beatles on first recordings, dead at 72
Source: MassLive.com
Tony Sheridan, a British singer who played with the early Beatles on several recordings in Hamburg in 1961, has died. He was 72.
A statement from his family posted on Facebook on Saturday read: "Our beloved father and friend! Thank you for your love and inspiration. You left us today at 12.00 pm."
Sheridan's June 1961 sessions for Polydor yielded the single "My Bonnie" with "The Saints" on the flip side. Sheridan sang lead backed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and original Beatles drummer Pete Best.
Credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, "My Bonnie" was first released in October 1961 and reached No. 5 in the German Hit Parade. According to Beatles legend, a Liverpool music fan asked then-record store manager Brian Epstein about the single, and set in motion events that would lead Epstein to become their manager and secure a recording contract for them with EMI. . .
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Thanks for finding this clip. He was a real good guitar player. And I think you couldn't get Fenders or other American made guitars in the UK at that time, so I think he's playing a Futurama - made in Czechoslovakia. You can see George play one in Hamburg too. I remember reading that he said the strings were about a half inch off the fingerboard 
