Welcome to Nothing is Real a podcast about the Beatles.

Everybody thinks they know the Beatles, but how much do we really know?

My name is Jason Carty.

My name is Stephen Corkroft.

And we are live on tape from Dublin.

Last week we were talking about Stuart Sutcliffe.

So this is the second part in our look at his life and times and influence over the Beatles, his long-lasting influence.

And where we finished up last week, Klaus Vorman had stumbled in to see Rory Storm

and the Hurricanes. A pivotal moment. A pivotal moment. How different it could have been. We now live

in, you know, the Rory Storm and the Hurricanes universe with their famous albums with Rory Storm

and the Hurricanes. Meet Rory Storm and the Hurricanes for sale.

We jest.

But it is worth pointing out that he did see Rory Storm in the Hurricanes before he saw the Beatles.

So he wasn't going to fall for any old band.

No, he was not going to fall for any old band.

So it wasn't just about the rock and roll.

It was about the look of the band, the charisma,

the impression they were generating on stage. And the first beetle that he sees coming on to the

stage is Stuart. And he's kind of smitten by this. And I keep saying the word the legend is, but it's the truth. The truth is that, you know, Klaus has very struck by this band with this guy in it. And the next night, he decides to come back with his girlfriend, Astrid, and another friend, Yergan Volmer. And Astrid says later, it was like a merry-go round in my head. They

looked absolutely astonishing. My whole life changed in a couple of minutes. All I wanted to be

was with them and to know them. And I think it's very telling that what she says there is

they looked absolutely astonishing. She's not saying the music was fantastic.

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