Guitar Boogie

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Guitar Boogie is a 1946 instrumental song by Arthur Smith and his Crackerjacks. The Quarrymen covered it live from 1957 to 1959. No recording exists.

Live Performances

Paul McCartney played this song as a solo during his debut show with The Quarrymen at The Conservative Club on October 18, 1957. McCartney recalls, "A great thing about Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, and the provinces, is that they all have places with famous names, and the first gig with The Quarry Men was on Broadway - in Liverpool. (We made our first record in a little demo studio in Kensington, Liverpool.) For my first gig, I was given a guitar solo on 'Guitar Boogie'. I could play it easily in rehearsal so they elected that I do it as my solo. Things were going fine, but when the moment came in the performance I got sticky fingers; I thought, 'What am I doing here?' I was just too firghtened; it was too big a moment with everyone looking at the guitar player. I couldn't do it. (I never played a solo again until a few years ago.) That's why George was brought in."

Source

• LEWISOHN M., 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Hamlyn -- Buy it on Amazon.com