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Beatles Guitars Trivia
Author: Brenne
Seven years before the Beatles Rooftop Concert captured the world’s attention, the Beatles were developing their critical style – Beatles guitars and all. If you are interested in Beatles guitars trivia, here is a bit about John Lennon and George Harrison guitar trivia.
Early pictures of the Beatles, in their pre-Brian Epstein days, portray another type of Beatles, mirroring the growing British youth sub-culture of Teddy Boys. While Teddy Boys originally fashioned themselves in clothing inspired by Edwardian style, the velvet collared suit coats were later replaced by bomber jackets. The bomber jackets are an example of the growing American influence on the younger generation. Bomber jackets and the highly coifed pompadour hairstyle were in response to Marlon Brando’s character, Johnny Strabler, in the movie, “The Wild One,” which was actually banned in Britain! Early Beatles concert photographs mirror this image of the tough, unpolished, and rebellious American male. The complete restyled Teddy Boy look consisted of leather bomber jackets, tight jeans, and fifties style pompadour hair styles. This look that the early Beatles adapted was a far cry from the iconic, clean cut mop-tops, shortly thereafter created by their manager, the late Brian Epstein.