Remembering Jimmie Nicol's short stint as a Beatle

Beatles historian Kenneth Womack, author of "Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles," has a posted a short piece about session drummer Jimmie Nicol's brief tenure as a Beatle in 1964, filling in for an ailing Ringo Starr.
In total, Nicol played eight shows with the band until Ringo was cleared to rejoin the group in Melbourne, Australia, on June 14. At the airport, Epstein presented him with a gold wristwatch with the inscription, “From the Beatles and Brian Epstein to Jimmie — With appreciation and gratitude.” It had been a bizarre experience for everyone involved, including Starr, who admitted that “it was very strange, them going off without me. They’d taken Jimmie Nicol and I thought they didn’t love me any more — all that stuff went through my head.”

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