When the Beatles performed at the Seattle Center Coliseum in August 1964, nineteen-year-old photographer Timothy Eagan had an enviable view of the "Fab Four" from the edge of the stage, thanks to the press pass he'd gotten from family friend in the newspaper business. Eagan shot three rolls of film that night, including several portraits of each of the lads, such as this photo of Paul McCartney playing his left-handed Hofner "violin" bass and singing. This photo shows Paul near the end of the band's 29-minute set, with part of the sellout crowd visible in the background, their screams no doubt drowning out Paul's singing. In a press interview shortly before the band took the stage in Seattle, they were asked "Do you wish they'd be quiet and let you sing sometimes?" to which Paul replied: "No, you know, if they've paid to come in and if they wanna scream-- and they've paid to come in and scream-- Great."

Caption information source: Transcript of the Beatles Seattle interview on the Beatles Ultimate Experience website at http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1964.0821.beatles.html