Len Гарри: «The Quarrymen» тобының алғашқы мүшесінің өмірі мен музыкалық жолы

Len Garry (born 6 January 1942) is an English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band that would later evolve into The Beatles.

Garry was born in Wavertree, Liverpool. His father, Henry, worked as a compositor at the Liverpool Daily Post, and his mother, Phyllis, was a housewife. text=In 1955 I finally met John Lennon when Ivan Vaughan invited him to Woolton, where I bumped into Lennon, Shotton, Ivan and Nigel walking along Vale Road. I soon became "one of the gang" who would hang around Calderstones Park. In 1956 a lad called George Lee, a friend of Eric Griffiths and John Lennon at Quarry Bank School, suggested to John that he form his own group. This was at the height of the skiffle craze, and sure enough in the autumn of 1956 the band that was to become the Quarrymen took shape, with another Quarry Bank lad called Bill Smith on tea chest bass. Bill however, never turned up for practices and so I soon stepped into his shoes and became a permanent member of the band, staying with the group until August 1958 when I fell seriously ill with tubercular meningitis, spending some 7 months in hospital. A few months after Len's departure, the band recorded their first singles; That'll Be the Day and In Spite of All the Danger. Garry was one of two members of the Quarrymen, who didn't attend Quarry Bank High School
text=I remember Paul coming along that night at St Peter's Church Hall, picking up a guitar – I didn't even know he was left handed – and playing a couple of chords. I think he was trying to audition for us. John always wanted someone to support him, no matter what he did, and Paul came along at the right time. It wasn't just about playing guitar together or singing, it was about composing as well.

In 1997, Garry reunited with the then surviving members of The Quarrymen to perform a concert, to commemorate 40 years since the group's formation. Shortly after, they embarked on a tour which took place in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and Japan, among many others. Garry has participated on all Quarrymen releases since; including their three albums; Get Back – Together (1997), Songs We Remember (2004), and Grey Album (2012). Their recent material primarily consists of rock and roll and skiffle songs from the 1950s. Garry was portrayed by actor Frazer Bird in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy. The Quarrymen performed in New York City, for what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday in 2010. As of 2016, Garry still tours with founding member Colin Hanton and Rod Davis.

As a young adult, Garry worked as in Architecture in Liverpool, and got married. In 1971, he and his wife migrated south to Chard, Somerset. During his time in Somerset, he fronted a rock gospel group called "Come Together", and both of his daughters were born there. In 1987, he and his family migrated to New Zealand, although after a few months, they moved back to England, this time, they moved back to Liverpool, where he still lives today.