Leonard Charles Garry (6 January 1942 – 2 March 2026) was an English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles.

The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") were a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several school friends, the Quarrymen took their name from a line in the school song of their school, the Quarry Bank High School. Lennon's mother, Julia, taught her son to play the banjo, showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs.

Lennon founded a skiffle group with his close friend Pete Shotton and after a week of gaining new members, they named themselves the Quarrymen. The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, cinemas and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined in early July 1957. George Harrison joined in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted because he felt Harrison (14 when he was introduced to Lennon) was too young. McCartney and Harrison attended the Liverpool Institute.

The group made an amateur recording in 1958, performing Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger", a song written by McCartney and Harrison. The group moved towards rock and roll, causing several of the original members to leave. This left Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison, who performed under several other names, including Johnny and the Moondogs, Japage 3, and Long John and the Silver Beatles before returning to the Quarrymen name in 1959. In 1960, the group changed their name to "the Beatles" (chosen for its double meaning and as a wink to Buddy Holly's band, "the Crickets").

In 1997, the four surviving original (non-Beatles) members of the Quarrymen reunited to perform at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the garden fête performance at which Lennon had first met McCartney. Since 1998, they have performed in countries outside the UK and released four albums. Two original members still perform as the Quarrymen.

Spoiler: The former members:

The former members:

John Lennon – vocals, guitar (1956–1960; died 1980)
Eric Griffiths – guitar (1956–1958, 1997–2005; his death)
Pete Shotton – washboard (1956–1957, 1997–2000; died 2017); tea-chest bass (1997–2000)
Bill Smith – tea-chest bass (1956)
Nigel Walley – tea-chest bass (1956; Subsequently, became "manager" 1956–1958)
Ivan Vaughan – tea-chest bass (1956–1957; died 1993)
Len Garry – tea-chest bass (1957–1958; ); vocals, guitar (1997–2020s; died 2026)[4]
Paul McCartney – vocals, guitar (1957–1960)
George Harrison – lead guitar, vocals (1958–1960; died 2001)
John Duff Lowe – piano, keyboards (1958, 1994–1995; regular guest 2005–2017; died 2024); vocals (1994–1995)
Ken Brown – guitar (1959–1960; died 2010)
Stuart Sutcliffe – bass guitar (1960; died 1962)
Chas Newby – bass guitar (2016–2023; his death. Newby also played bass with the Beatles briefly in 1960)

Garry died at home on 2 March 2026, aged 84, from pneumonia following a chest infection.

The Quarrymen, Get Back Together (1997) - full album