Stuart Sutcliffe’s bass playing: “I’d like to set that one straight”
by Liscio Shy and withdrawn, hardly able to play a chord, so unsure of his ability he hid behind dark glasses and turned his back to the audience—if this is your portrait of Stuart Sutcliffe, you’ve got the wrong rock bass guitarist. Stu has been described as gentle, delicate, a boy of beautiful heart. But he…