THE Beatles were embarrassed about the way their original drummer was ditched to make way for Ringo Starr, the band’s biographer Hunter Davies has revealed. Davies, journalist, biographer, columnist, prolific author and raconteur, told an audience at Burgh House in Hampstead how his visit to the so-called fifth Beatle Pete Best while he was researching the biography had unnerved John, Paul and George. He said: “When I told the Beatles. . .they sort of turned away because they were too guilty and embarrassed at the way they’d got rid of him. They got Brian Epstein to do the dirty deed. They hadn’t told him themselves, and that really hurt.” Davies, who now lives Dartmouth Park, added. “ When I saw him (Best) he was wearing a grubby pair of white dungarees, having just come off the night shift where he had been slicing bread for £18 a week. At that moment The Beatles were among the richest and most successful people on the planet.”
i would be willing to bet there was less guilt with slicing bread....even tho he was cut out he was probally better off....they snuck around his back discussing him...and decided he had too go...groups make decsions together after all and if one is excluded then he is not of the group....
I heard some news today that Pete Best wants to make up with Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr after 45 years of no contact. What do you guys think to this?
"sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come."
The Beatles' original drummer Pete Best has invited Sir Paul McCartney to break his 40 (sic) years of silence and get in touch.
Best was famously sacked in favour of Ringo Starr just before the Fab Four hit the big time, but the 65-year-old says he'd like to finally speak to Paul again for the first time since he was booted out of the band.
He explains to the Mail, "We're not getting any younger. We know what we've done and we're not going to think any worse of each other if we had a chat now. God bless us all: it was all 40-odd years ago."
I think everyone should make up with everyone, because I think people are happier when the air is cleared. You never know when the end might come, and you never get to say what you might have wanted to say.
That said, however, it would really be Paul and Pete having a conversation. I can't see that Ringo had much to do with Pete, although they might have known each other a little from playing a few of the same venues.
From what I understand, John was closest to Pete and George was the one who championed getting Ringo in. So Paul was not the main mover in the replacement matter, or the main friend to become estranged. It might be nice just because Pete sounds like a nice guy.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Would be Great to see Pete talking to them. Metallica did this with their old guitarist( pre- fame era.) . It was Very emotional! The guy just let loose on them for what they did and treated him like.
It would be good if they become friendsies again. I mean it was 40 odd yrs ago (as PB says) and you know, it aint such a big deal no more i think. Lets hope that "it wont be long"
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Life's is very for fussing & fighting my friend!! It is very strange how the beatles never sopke to him again after he was sacked. Maybe they were too embarrased to face him after what happened
"sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come."
Life's is very for fussing & fighting my friend!! It is very strange how the beatles never sopke to him again after he was sacked. Maybe they were too embarrased to face him after what happened
Yea... did Pete Best go to Brian Epstein's funeral? What I want to know is what PB thinks of Neil Aspinal staying with the Beatles and all.
By the way, you said "life's very short..." I see now that short is defined as 40yrs
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My son's guitar teacher met him at a show in Florida. Said he's a nice guy.
