Re: the fifth beatle

[Mike Woods]

On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:

> At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:

> >Clarence, the fifth Beatle.

I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of
justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle."

- The late Stu Sutcliffe who was the bassist in their Hamburg days.  There
actually were five Beatles at that time.

- Pete Best, the original drummer (Ringo was a big improvement).

- George Martin, their producer.  George had a lot to do with shaping the
sound of their recordings, and played on a number of their tracks.

- Murray "the K" Kaufmann, New York DJ who awarded himself the title.

How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies for this is
beyond me.

-- Mike Woods