Mr. Best (Besht) is a really good guy and is extremely relative to the Merseybeat scene and the Beatles. I have been lucky enough to meet him on a few occasions, I thought this was a Beatles forum? Alan_H get on back to your limp bizquit chat room.
pete was the FIRST FULL TIME drummer that the beatles had.have you heard them play with no drums?????3 lead guitars and a lame bass if your lucky but no percussion......pete put the beat in beatles.but ringo made them a complete product. it does not seem likely that pete would have been as happy and go lucky in the back seat as ringo...ringo in the back seat????????no way he recieved the most fan mail in the beginning.he did enhance the others talents as pete could not have.in my opinion anyways.pete was always looking moody and sullen.ringo was spry and funny. face ringo was the fit but pete was the first.i like petes attempts to create.i bear the man no ill will......
pc31, Pete Best may not have been the best fit for the Beatles (for whatever reason) no one will ever know for sure? Mr. Starkey did turn out to be the best fit but he certainly wasn't the first choice as Pete's replacement. The Drummer the Beatles initially wanted was Johnny Hutchinson from the Big Three as he was regarded by most as the best drummer in Liverpool at the time. Johnny Hutch had a great singing voice, he filled in as the Beatles drummer for the Larry Parnes audition and numerous shows. He was asked by Epstein to join the band but declined as he believed he was already in the best band in Liverpool. Many people believe that Pete was sacked and quickly replaced by Ringo because of his superior drumming ability, which is not the case.
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I don't feel sorry for Pete Best for getting dumped by the Beatles before their huge success since it happens to millions of other legendary rock bands like Mark Stone who was a member of Aerosmith before their rock stardom. I think Pete is a great rock drummer in his own right who will always hold a little grudge against Paul mostly no matter what he says differently in interviews. I'm sure millions of Beatles fans would like to see a picture of Paul & Ringo with Pete before their time is up to symbolically heal old wounds from the past which I believe will never happen.
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if pete had had the talent any of the fab four had he would have been more.........he didn't have the desire or want to be in a second rate rock band.which is where they were b4 ringo.noone but ringo could have been the 4th.it had to be a down player presence not a big show presence.
i would like to share an email with you.......Dear Beatles' Fans,
I saw Pete Best, the Beatles' original drummer, at the Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia, on Thursday, July 15. Pete and his band started at 9:15 and played the following set list:
1. Slow Down 2. What'd I Say 3. One After 909 4. Please Mr. Postman 5. P.S. I Love You 6. My Bonnie 7. Cry for a Shadow 8. September in the Rain 9. Roll Over Beethoven 10. Some Other Guy 11. Sweet Georgia Brown 12. Hello Little Girl 13. Like Dreamers Do 14. Till There Was You 15. I Saw Her Standing There 16. Twist and Shout 17. Kansas City
Encore (actually, the band never left the stage) 18. Johnny B. Good
Pete's band consisted of a lead singer who looked like a young Phil Collins, two guitarists, a bass player, and a second drummer (Pete's half-brother, Roag, son of Neil Aspinall). Everyone had thick Liverpool accents and talked like the Beatles. They all wore black t-shirts and black pants.
Pete is a competent drummer, but he is not a flashy or charismatic performer. He was content to stay in the background while the lead singer did most of the talking. Pete came out from behind the drums only twice, to introduce "What'd I Say," and to introduce "My Bonnie."
Fewer than 100 people attended the show. On the plus side, I was able to go up to the railing at the front of the stage whenever I wanted. Most of the crowd stayed for autographs after the show.
Pete was very polite and cordial, and complied with all requests for pictures and autographs. He autographed my booklet from the "Beatles Anthology 1" CD, and posed for a picture with me.
In summary, I enjoyed the show. My feelings are the same as after my first Pete Best show in 2001 - I was thrilled to meet and shake the hand of someone who knew and performed with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, and who made early contributions to their music.
lol you zipperhead yeah he harmonizes,but i never heard him sing by himself. he did in the beatles as the pic above shows. hey 777 the dead milkmen are a good band.....
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