Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
Rory Storm & the Hurricanes was a British band from Liverpool and one of the leading groups of the Mersey Beat. Despite their local popularity, they never made the leap to international prominence.
Band History
Rory Storm formed a skiffle band in January 1957. At first they called themselves Al Caldwell 's Texans, then successively the Raving Texans, Al Storm & the Hurricanes, Jett Storm & the Hurricanes and from August 1959 finally Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. At this time ( John Byrne, rhythm guitar actually ), Ty Brian passed the Hurricanes from Rory Storm ( vocals), Johnny Guitar (actually Charles O'Brien, lead guitar ), Lou Walters (actually Wally Eymond, bass) and Ringo Starr ( Richard actually Starkey, drums).
In 1960, she began with rock-' n' -roll pieces - such as Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis - occur. In May they played with Gene Vincent in Liverpool, and it was a commitment for the summer offered to them, with a salary of 25 pounds for each - a week.
Because of this commitment, the Hurricanes refused an engagement in Hamburg, instead, the Beatles traveled there. But in September, the Hurricanes went to Hamburg and played with the Beatles in the Kaiser cellar. They received a higher salary than the Beatles and were better accepted by the public.
In October, the Hurricanes took in Hamburg three cover versions of well known tracks on Fever ( John Davenport / Eddie Cooley ) September Song (music by Kurt Weill; text: Maxwell Anderson) and Summertime (music by George Gershwin, text: DuBose Heyward ). They were accompanied by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of the Beatles as a backing vocalist.
1961 and 1962 played the Hurricanes in England, France and Spain. In August 1962, Ringo Starr left the band to join The Beatles. From then on, the Hurricanes were constantly looking for a new drummer, since none remained for a long time. One of the temporary drummer Keef Hartley was who came to the Hurricanes in August 1963.
1964 made the Hurricanes in London recordings under the direction of Brian Epstein, the manager of The Beatles. The Single America was published in December, the success hoped for did not materialize.
1967 broke Ty Brian together during a concert. He died shortly afterwards, only 26 years old. The band broke up. Rory Storm tried later, the group rebuild, but without success.
Rory Storm died on 27 September 1972 probably at a tablet overdose.