Paul McCartney

So we showed each other how to do it and then came down to London

And there were certain guys down here, mainly guys, that would know the stuff we knew.

So I remember the Isley Brothers was something that we knew.

It was an act we knew because they did Twist and Shout, which we covered.

And then you come down to London and someone would say, oh, you know the Isleys?

So there was that kind of in-crowd thing, you know.

Yeah, and it was a lot of fun.

No, it's nothing like it is now.

You can just hit a button and you can get all the music in the world.

No, then it was, I think it made it more special.

You know, if somebody had an interesting record.

John's stepfather, a guy called Dikins, had some cool records.

So we'd go round to the house and play the records.

And there'd be things like Carl Perkins.

So that all got into our act.

So we'd learn it, get all the words down.

And so that was how you learned.

It was just, if someone had a record

You played the record and copied all the words out, worked out the chords and the riffs.

It was a magic moment.