Nineteen-year-old Seattle native Timothy Eagan was right up near the stage when he shot this photograph of John Lennon playing his Rickenbacker 325 guitar during the Beatles concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. The lucky teenager had gotten a press pass from family friend Ed Donohoe, editor of the Washington Teamster newspaper, giving him an amazing opportunity to practice the craft he studied in high school. Eagan went on to become a professional photographer, working for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and then for a photo agency in New York City. This photo shows confident showman John Lennon playing his guitar before the packed house at the Coliseum. Lennon is considered to be the founding member of the Beatles, with the band evolving from his group The Quarrymen, formed by Lennon in 1956, when he was only 15 years old. Paul McCartney joined the band in 1957, followed by George Harrison in 1958. Bassist Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best joined in 1960, the year the band became The Beatles. Sutcliffe left in 1961, Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best in 1962, and the "Fab Four" were born. In Peter Doggett's 2010 book "You Never Give Me Your Money," Paul McCartney is quoted from a 1987 interview, in which he says that the other Beatles idolized John: "He was like our own little Elvis ". We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest."

Caption information source: Doggett, Peter. "You Never Give Me Your Money, 2010, p. 33.