Editing Stuart Sutcliffe (section)

==The Beatles and Hamburg==
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Sutcliffe's playing style was elementary, mostly sticking to [[root (chord)|root note]]s of [[chord (music)|chords]].{{sfn|Spitz|2005|pp=184–185}} Harry—an art school friend and founder and editor of the ''[[Mersey Beat]]'' newspaper—complained to Sutcliffe that he should be concentrating on art and not music, as he thought that Sutcliffe was merely a competent musician whose talents would be better used in the visual arts.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|pp=173–174}} While Sutcliffe is often described in Beatles biographies as appearing uncomfortable onstage and occasionally playing with his back to the audience, Pete Best, their drummer at the time, denies this. Best recalled Sutcliffe was usually good-natured and "animated" before an audience.<ref>[http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/petebest.html An Evening With Pete Best, Part I: The Interview] rickresource.com. Retrieved 20 January 2007</ref> When the Beatles auditioned for [[Larry Parnes]] at the Wyvern Club in Liverpool, Williams later claimed Parnes would have hired the group as the backing band for [[Billy Fury]] for £10 per week ({{Inflation|UK|10|1960|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}), but as Sutcliffe turned his back to Parnes throughout the audition (because, as Williams believed, Sutcliffe could not play very well), Parnes said he would hire them only if they got rid of Sutcliffe. Parnes later denied this, stating his only concern was that the group had no permanent drummer.<ref name="HarryBeatleFolks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080827174825/http://www.beatlefolks.com/bharry2.shtml Bill Harry interview on Beatle Folks] – Retrieved 28 November 2007</ref> [[Klaus Voormann]] regarded Sutcliffe as a good bass player,<ref>"Stuart Sutcliffe, The Lost Beatle" documentary</ref> although Beatles' historian [[Richie Unterberger]] described Sutcliffe's bass playing as an "artless thump".{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=7}}

Sutcliffe's profile grew after he began wearing [[Ray-Ban Wayfarer|Ray-Ban]] sunglasses and tight trousers.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=65}} His high spot was singing "[[Love Me Tender (song)|Love Me Tender]]", which drew more applause than the other Beatles and increased the friction with McCartney. Lennon also started to criticise Sutcliffe, joking about his size and playing.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=242}} On 5 December 1960, an underage Harrison was sent back to Britain. McCartney and Best were deported for attempted arson at the [[Bruno Koschmider|Bambi Kino]], which left Lennon and Sutcliffe in Hamburg.{{sfn|Lennon|2005|p=93}}<ref name="BeatlesTimeline">[http://beatles.ncf.ca/timeline.html#60 The BeatlesTimeline] Beatles.ncf.ca. Retrieved: 9 May 2007</ref> Lennon also returned home, but as Sutcliffe had a [[Common cold|cold]], he stayed in Hamburg.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=230}} Sutcliffe later borrowed money from his girlfriend [[Astrid Kirchherr]] so he could fly back to Liverpool on Friday, 20 January 1961, although he returned to Hamburg in March with the other Beatles.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=242}}

[[File:Gedenktafel Kaiserkeller - Hamburg.jpg|thumb|Plaque commemorating The Beatles' visit to Hamburg.]]
In July 1961, Sutcliffe decided to leave the group to continue painting.<ref name="IssueNo23"/> After being awarded a postgraduate scholarship,{{sfn|Sutcliffe|Tufnell|Cornish|1998|p=31}} he enrolled at [[University of Fine Arts of Hamburg|Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg]], where he studied under the tutelage of [[Eduardo Paolozzi]].{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=65}} He briefly lent McCartney his bass until the latter could earn enough to buy a specially made smaller left-handed [[Höfner 500/1]] bass of his own in June 1961. However, Sutcliffe specifically asked McCartney (who is left-handed) not to change the strings around or restring the instrument, so McCartney had to play the bass as it was.{{sfn|Miles|1997|pp=74–75}}

In 1967, a photo of Sutcliffe was included on the cover of ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (extreme left, in front of fellow artist [[Aubrey Beardsley]]).<ref name="BeatlesinScotland">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/archive/2008/11/09/the-beatles-in-scotland-stuart-sutcliffe-s-story-78057-20880481/ |title=The Beatles in Scotland: Stuart Sutcliffe's story |first=Ken |last=Mcnab |newspaper=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)]] |date=9 November 2008 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref>