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[tkitna]

Hope this wasn't posted already.  I checked Peregrines stuff and didn't see it.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34414650#

[Bingo Bongo]

That is cool, but I already have it on my iTunes!!! 

[Loco Mo]

Is Pete the drummer in this recording?

[Loco Mo]

And who's the drummer here?  It doesn't look like Ringo or Pete to me.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_TESgt2Xc" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_TESgt2Xc</a>

[Hello Goodbye]

It's Ringo, Loco.  You can see this better here...


https://youtu.be/KsoIv6F8sUg
22 August 1962

Someone shouts "We want Pete" at 1:56

[Loco Mo]

Thanks, Hello Goodbye.  I see the date of August 22nd.  Pete was fired on the 16th so it couldn't have been him.

Ringo was playing some pretty good drums on that song and he was moving his head side to side.  I don't know if Pete moved in time with the music or not but Ringo sure did.  It's interesting how the Beatles turned to face Ringo for a few seconds.  Why did they do that?

[Hello Goodbye]

The Cavern footage was shot by a TV crew, Loco.  Other than photos...


https://youtu.be/8NXv0krkEBA

...I've never seen any footage of The Beatles performing with Pete Best.  Maybe they turned around to see if Ringo was still there.   


As to whether or not Pete moved his head when he drummed for The Beatles, I can't say but he certainly moves his head these days...


https://youtu.be/WqEz1C7ThMg


https://youtu.be/t68rZ04dO0I

[Loco Mo]

Thanks, Hello Goodbye:  I liked the photos.  Pete looked good in them and he smiled a lot.

The music he played with the Beats seemed to lack a bass drum sound.  The snare drum sounded like plastic and didn't have a lot of tone or volume.  I saw there was another drummer in the back.  So why did they have an extra drummer?  I'm not saying it's to compensate for Pete because I know a lot of other bands use two or "more" drummers nowadays.  What's with all the percussion anyway?

Rock and Roll Music by John Lennon is beyond compare.  John's version is awesome.  I never ever liked "My Bonnie."  It's a crappy song sung traditionally or as bogus rock and roll.  You may as well take Mary had a little Lamb and try to rock it up.  I wouldn't.  Hmmmm - didn't Paul do something like that solo??

[Hello Goodbye]

Look at it this way, Loco, The Beats had the chance to say they performed with a real Beatle.

[Loco Mo]

You know something, Hello Goodbye?  Pete Best may have been fired from the Beatles but the truth is he will always be remembered as a Beatle.  Ironic, isn't it?

[Moogmodule]

You know something, Hello Goodbye?  Pete Best may have been fired from the Beatles but the truth is he will always be remembered as a Beatle.  Ironic, isn't it?

It’s as it should be. Whatever his shortcomings as a drummer he was a Beatle when they rose from Liverpool nonentity to regional sensation. He missed the National and international fame but he always deserves to be known as a Beatle.

[Forever Changes]

Hope this wasn't posted already.  I checked Peregrines stuff and didn't see it.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34414650#

This is a great post. Thank You for posting. Johnny Hamp figured prominently in The Beatles history.