storm changed the name of his group to "al storm and the hurricanes", then "jett storm and the hurricanes", and finally to "rory storm and the hurricanes". the original lineup was storm, byrne, ty brian, lu walters, and ritchie starkey (drums). storm and the hurricanes entered a competition managed by carrol levis called "search for stars" at the liverpool empire theatre on 11 october 1959, reaching second place ahead of 150 acts. the line-up of the hurricanes finally solidified with storm (vocals), byrne (rhythm guitar), ty (charles) o’brien (lead guitar), walters (bass guitar/vocals) and ringo starr. the group played at the cavern club with the cy laurie jazz band on sunday 2 january 1960, and a week later supported the saints jazz band and terry lightfoot's new orleans jazz band. playing rock 'n' roll music was a problem at the cavern club, as it was not accepted by the customers or management. when storm and the hurricanes performed there on 17 january 1960, with micky ashman's jazz band and the swinging blue jeans, their first song was "cumberland gap" (a skiffle song) by lonnie donegan. then they played "whole lotta shakin' goin on" by jerry lee lewis. the jazz and skiffle audience were outraged, booed and threw copper coins at the group. the cavern's manager ray mcfall, fined them six shillings, but the coins collected from the stage floor were worth more than the fine.