Did Pete Best ever meet the Beatles again after 1962?

Was Pete Best ever in the same room again as any of the other Beatles after he got the sack in '62? I know he received proceeds from the "Anthology" CD series, but he wasn't even interviewed for the videos. Has he ever seen any of them again?

 

Supposedly never. They may have possibly passed each other at a couple of gigs early on [you'll need to check Lewisohn's book to see if The Beatles and The Lee Curtis All-Stars with Pete Best were on the same bill at any venue in 1962 or so], but they never had any contact whatsoever. No phone calls, no letters, nada. But Neil Aspinall had some contact with him, at least through Pete's mom (Mona Best) since Neil and Mona had an affair that resulted in Pete's half-bother (Roeg is it?). Arnie

 

Pete Best said they had to pass each other backstage in Liverpool later that year, not a word was said, and it was the last time he had seen them.

 

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What Arnold says is 100% correct.

 

They knew they'd screwed Pete and frankly they were cowards about it.

Evan

 

Was he that bad a drummer?

 

Yup. This is the kind of thing that managers and label folk push and that managers and label folk make possible because they shield the artists from the heavy lifting.

 

No,Apparently he'd had a bad temper..George Martin saw that immediately,and called for a different drummer..the others saw this temper first-hand,and saw that it was going to be a problem for them when they did become famous..Ringo's temper,on the other hand was more in check that Pete's,sooo..you can guess what happened after that..sorry,Pete! (Paul even said "He was Mean,Moody,and MAGNIFICENT!!")

 

There's a lot of debate about this, but in my opinion yes. His time was bad and he basically played one beat. Listen to his version of Love Me Do from Anthology 1 and see what you think.

 

I met a woman who was an original Cavern Club fan and she said Pete's drumming went down just fine on stage.

I bet it had more to do with personality than anything.

Evan

 

If this is really true, then Def Leppard (Willis) and Metallica (Mustaine) unwittingly followed their lead.

 

I was watching the Anthology DVDs again recently and was really disappointed by George's comment "Ringo was always a member of the band, he just didn't enter the film until that particular scene". It's a sad story.

 

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So much so that it disturbs and leaves me with a bad feeling deep down. I don't know what all went on nearly 50 years ago with those guys, but I have to believe it was relatively petty, young guy, stuff. I feel that somewhere along the line the individual Beatles should have buried the hatchet, if nothing else. It can't be easy to have gone through this, (and to still be carrying that around now) for Pete. How much trouble would it be for Paul or Ringo to contact him and say a few nice words? They might look to Bruce Springsteen and the way that he treats his sacked first drummer, Vini Lopez. Springsteen shows a lot class and character, in that regard.

 

At least Pete got royalties from the Anthology selections that he contributed to. As a drummer, particularly on the Decca sessions, he doesn't seem to incorporate much variety into the back beat. Just the same fills over and over again. At times, the drums almost sound marching band-ish which probably wouldn't matter to a club full of drunken Germans. However, when the time came to record a 'proper' record, The Beatles probably felt embarrassed by Pete's drumming skills and felt they could do better.

 

I guess to them Old wounds never healed properly! How sad and petty,indeed...

 

Pete may be the Best, but Ringo is the Starr!!


ZING!!!!

 

Or to coin a Lennonism, "Wounds heal all time."

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Live and studio are different animals. To my ears he wasn't a very good drummer and he certainly didn't have a distinctive sound like Ringo.

I think they did handle it all in a rather cowardly fashion, but he got some money with the Anthology project... hopefully that healed some wounds (if time hadn't already).

 

The sacking of a fellow musician from a band is a sad yet common tale.

The wonder of it is that, despite The Beatles' unprecedented success, Pete has developed such a great attitude about what happened to him. Many lesser men would've become angry or bitter for the rest of their lives. His outlook on life is just as special as any of the other four Beatles.

I bet 200 years from now people will still mention the mystery of Pete Best's departure from the Beatles.

 

Yet,as the "Anthology" dvd set clearly shows,Ringo's debut was met with so much heckling off-stage-Witness the screams of "WE WANT PETE!" from the crowd at the end! Wow-it probably was a Trial-By-Fire for Ringo that night!

 

He a pretty significant sum of money out of the Anthology CD's.

He got his book deal. Paid gigs travelling around with the Pete Best Group (or whatever they're called) when otherwise he'd be lucky to be playing for beer n' kippers in a pub somewhere. Also don't forget those sales of the CD of Best Of The Beatles that SH Forum members surely buy.

All owing to his association with The Beatles 50 years ago.

Out of the gazillion people who've ever been kicked out of rock bands (who went on to be famous or not) he seems to have made out pretty well in the end. It's got to be better than living on his 100 pound 'royal pension' or whatever they call it over there.

I've heard that's he's actually a millionaire now, which could be, though I'd need more proof before I totally believe it.

 

As least, with the Anthology royalties, the book and the video, he was able to experience at least a bit of the tax liability his former mates were under.

 

I just think it would be cool, if, lets say for a Rolling Stone magazine article, Ringo and Pete just sit down together and chew the fat over a lemonade.

 

Do I feel a slight prejudiice here? Hm, oh sorry, the drums are calling, I have to go "marschieren"