On September 28, 1963, George Harrison became the first Beatle to play publicly in America when he appeared at the VFW Hall at 1201 Veterans Drive in Eldorado, five months before Beatlemania began and before the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Although the Beatles had a number one hit in England during the summer of 1963, they were still unknown in the United States. While on holiday, Harrison and his brother Peter visited their sister Louise in Benton, Illinois, where they made friends, camped in the Garden of the Gods, and watched a parade in Harrisburg. George bought a guitar in Mt. Vernon and later used it in Beatles performances. Two nights before returning to England, George and his siblings went to the VFW Hall to hear the Four Vests, a popular local band that had already jammed with him in his sister's living room. The Four Vests asked him to sit in and introduced him as "The Elvis of England." Harrison made his American debut there, playing songs such as "Johnny Be Good," "Your Cheating Heart," and "Teddy Bear" before between 75 and 100 people, and afterward one person remarked that with the right kind of backing, that kid may go places.