2 July 1971, John Deacon performs with Queen for the very first time ever @ the College in Surrey, England
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅ๐.
As a child, John had a keen interest in electronics, and spent much time fiddling with radios and reel to reel tape machines. That could have been his calling were it not for a certain musical explosion that hit him hard. As with countless teenagers across the globe, it was the Beatles that cemented his interest in playing rock and roll. He quickly learned his way around a guitar, and by age 14 had formed his first band, the Opposition.
They made some noise around his home turf of Leicester, England, but in 1966 when the Opposition’s bass player quit, Deacon decided to make the move to the rhythm section. With John on bass, the band carried on for a couple more years in various lineups and names. Eventually, Deacon left the band to study electronics at Chelsea College, University of London. For a moment, his first interest had won out, but that would soon change once again.
In October 1970, John caught a performance by a new band calling themselves Queen. His initial reaction, however, was less than enthused. “They were all dressed in black, and the lights were very dim too, so all I could see were four shadowy figures,” he stated in a band bio. “They didn’t make a lasting impression on me at the time.โ
But John ran into two of its members, Brian May and Roger Taylor, a few months later, when they were on the hunt for yet another bassist. They invited him to an audition. It was not only his style on the bass, but his reserved stance and personality that endeared him to the other members and helped him secure the gig.
Roger Taylor recalls, โWe thought he was great.โ We were all so used to each other, and were so over the top. We thought that because he was quiet he would fit in with us without too much upheaval. He was a great bass player too โ and the fact that he was a wizard with electronics was definitely a deciding factor.”
The new addition of John Deacon alongside Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Freddie Mercury, would be Queen’s classic lineup for the next 20 years one of which only death could fracture.
๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ-๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ .
