Sutcliffe Stu
The official stuart sutcliffe estate manages the stuart sutcliffe art and artefact collections of stuart sutcliffe the scottish painter and musician who is known as the fifth beatle but he was really the fourth.
Sutcliffe stu. Sutcliffe is one of the group of people sometimes referred to as the fifth beatle. Sutcliffe and john lennon are credited with coming up with the name for the beatles as they both liked buddy hollys band the crickets. George harrison called him their art director. Stuart fergusson victor sutcliffe was a scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the english rock band the beatles.
Brian booth chairman of west yorkshire police federation said. Stuart is credited with naming and styling the beatles. Born in edinburgh scotland in 1940 stuart fergusson victor sutcliffe grew up in liverpool england. From about early 1960 to mid 1961 stuart sutcliffe was the bass player in the beatles leaving the group before they even made their first recordings as tony sheridan s backing band.
He happened to meet john lennon at the liverpool college of art when he was introduced by a mutual friend. Sutcliffe and john lennon are credited with inventing the name beetles as they both liked buddy hollys band the crickets. He is the very reason most people. While earning money as a garbageman he.
Stuart sutcliffe was born in edinburgh scotland in 1940 but his family moved to england shortly after. Nielsa kirchherr had german doctors perform various tests but they were unable to determine exactly what was causing the intense headaches from which he had been suffering. Stuart sutcliffe 23 june 1940 10 april 1962 was a former member and bass player of the quarrymen. While living at the kirchherrs house in hamburg his condition grew steadily worse.
He evinced a keen artistic talent from a young age. The band used this name for a while until lennon decided to change the name to the beatles from the wo. A brilliant young painter who was cut down before his career had begun to blossom stuart will always be better known as the first bass player with the beatles. Recognized for his artistic ability even as a child sutcliffe was probably the most gifted and revolutionary of all the other beatles.