Rod Davis

Rod Davis (born 1942) is an English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band that would later evolve into The Beatles. The Quarrymen 1957-1961 Davis was born in Woolton, Liverpool. Davis played in a jazz trio whilst at school with Gerald Greenwood (piano) and Les Brough (drums). Rod was attending Quarry Bank High School, when he was asked to join The Quarrymen in 1957, along with Colin Hanton, as their banjo player: The group, consisting of John Lennon, Eric Griffiths, Pete Shotton, Len Garry, Colin Hanton, and Davis, formed the first stable line-up of the group. Davis' tenure with the group was short, and he and Pete Shotton, left in August 1957, feeling that the group was moving away from skiffle and towards rock, leaving their instruments superfluous.