during a hurricanes' residency at butlins, lennon and mccartney drove from liverpool to skegness, on 15 august 1962, to ask starr to join the beatles. shortly before, starr had agreed to join kingsize taylor in hamburg, as taylor was offering £20 a week (equivalent to £ in 2020), but lennon and mccartney offered £25 a week (equivalent to £ in 2020), which starr accepted. lennon and mccartney offered storm to swap drummers (with best replacing starr) but best rejected the idea. according to epstein in his autobiography, storm was, "one of the liveliest and most likable young men on the scene ... was very annoyed when ringo left and he complained to me. i apologized, and rory, with immense good humor said, 'okay. forget it. the best of luck to the lot of you'". the hurricanes then became known for having a succession of drummers, including gibson kemp, brian johnson, keef hartley (august 1963), ian broad and trevor morais, who all stayed with the group for a short period before leaving.