Make us your homepage | Subscriptions

The Northern Valley's most up-to-date site.

Published October 17, 2011, 12:00 AM

McCartney letter to unknown drummer


A Christie's employee displays a letter inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, at their auction house in London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The handwritten letter by Paul McCartney, dated 12 August 1960, inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, was discovered folded-up inside a book, by an anonymous collector at a car boot sale in Bootle, Liverpool, England. It is expected to sell at auction for 7,000-9,000 pounds (11,050- 14,200 US dollars). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Read the article: 'Drummer_Young_Free': Beatles audition offered in 1960 Paul McCartney letter