ORIGINAL BEATLE PETE BEST REMEMBERS JOHN LENNON
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EXCLUSIVE PART ONE INTERVIEW WITH PETE BEST Original BEATLE Drummer 2024
Welcome to "Artist on Record, your ultimate intimate conversations with your favorite artists. Today, we have a special guest who played in the band that became one of the biggest bands in the world, despite his unexpected departure and the band's treatment of him. In 1980, the world was shocked by the tragic assassination of John Lennon. Our guest today is the original drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962, Pete Best. He was there from the beginning, witnessing the Beatles' journey in crafting their songwriting and musical skills. In this PART ONE episode, we'll discover how Pete learned not to hold onto anger but to love his brothers. Let's give a round of applause to Mr. Pete Best - the conversation starts now. Don't touch that dial!
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I'm glad Pete received royalties from The Beatles' Anthology volume one album
That's sO cool!
Yea he got paid pretty well for his short stint with the Beatles. Just took a while for his check to arrive. 😂
He’s always been a total gentleman. Handled everything publicly with grace and humility. I’m sure torn up inside. God bless you Pete!
his a millionaire now anyway cause of anthology
@@oldskool731that may be, but Pete has almost always taken the high road in places where a lot of people wouldn't have.
maybe compared to other celebrities but give him enough time in the spotlight and you’ll see anyone’s arrogance
@@bradparker9664 He really hasn't. He spent the 70's and 80's complaining to whichever talk show host would listen to him.
Yes. I'm not sure what I am thinking. I have heard stories a long time ago. "Who is the fifth Beatle .and why? I don't remember personally what they were. All I can think is there are people who might still be eating themselves alive about such a thing.
He's still a Beatle. Nobody can ever take that away.
Well technically Brian Epstein took that away from him. Tony Sheridan didn't spend the next 60 years crying about how he was "still a beatle"
His story is important because it reflects a sterling character, stiff upper lip, and the like. A likable guy.
and important to see how a situation like that can break a man mentally, but it shouldn't. If he was the drummer in Hermin's Hermits before they blew up, he would have been pissed for a few years and then gotten over it. But to almost be a Beatle and get canned just before they get big must be mind blowing difficult. The mental gymnastics you have to play to not let it crush you, I can't even imagine.
Very adjusted as I have once heard. He has come a long way baby.
Pete is a class guy who deserved more than he ever got. He was there when the Bs were starting to climb - he is part of the bands legacy.
He got to be in The Beatles. He deserves more? What does he deserve? A shitty drummer award?
@@Horsemanray He was great. Better than you wish you could be.
@@marblox9300 Yeah that was a great single 4/4 beat he barely was able to pull off on that cover of "besame mucho"...
I don't own a drum set and am a better drummer than Pete Best. I base this on having actually heard him play. What do you base your nonsense on?
@@Horsemanray Based on the fact that he was the Best.
@@Horsemanray like ringo
No one looks at it from a different perspective. How many people in the world had the chance to be in a band for 2 years with John, Paul and George? Nobody can ever take those memories away. Rock on Pete!
And Stu
I met Pete, several years back-a very nice man.
Me too.
That's great to hear. 😊
I can say he is a very humble wise man. This was a perfect bucket list interview!for me and the fans that love him!
Is he as nice as Ringo?
@@dguyiop8 I’ve never met Ringo, so I don’t know…
Head bowed at your altar Pete. I'm a lifelong Beatles fan since 1962 and I salute you. Nobody can take away your place in the history books. Huglets ❤❤
What a wonderful interview.
🙏 Thank you! More to come
Pete finally made some real doe in 95 with the Beatles Anthology. I'm happy he did. He's a great guy and that's tough to get cut and then the band becomes the biggest ever shortly after and you're forced to work a regular job. Strong character who finally got his due. 7 figures I heard, good for Pete
After British taxes, probably about $5. Sounds better at 30,000 rupees.
I met Pete around 2001 - I asked him could i take a photo with him and he was obliging, kind hearted, a very nice man - i told him what a thrill it was for me to meet a Beatle and thanked him - a great memory, God Bless Pete and his family. PS- Pete provided the first film footage of the Beatles performing in a club and it was included in the NOW AND THEN video directed by Peter Jackson. I truly hope Paul and Pete have a chat, in person sooner then later.
faul
Was Pete in the footage? I think I saw it, it was definitely in the Pete era as the 3 guitarists were in their leathers. But even though the camera panned a bit left and right across the stage, I never saw Pete (or any other drummer). Is that the footage?
@@Cosmo-Kramer Go to the NOW AND THEN video on youtube and look for it - they are in black leather attire performing - the thing is is that Pete had the footage and had not sold it or offered it elsewhere prior - but he did give it to Peter Jackson for what will be the last Beatles song ever recorded. Pete is a good, kind man.
@@justinherbert9146 Yes, I've seen that. I've even seen a much longer clip of it. But Pete (indeed, no drummer) was in either the short clip in music video, or the longer version I saw elsewhere in YT. I wonder if Pete was edited out of it, which I would sortof kindof get for the music video. But why he is not in the longer version I saw is baffling. Particularly since you say it was Pete who possessed it all these years. Pete was their only drummer when they wore leathers, so he was indeed the drummer when that footage was shot. I just don't know why he's not shown. Strange.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Pete was not within the frame of the camera when filmed - if there is a photo from that performance perhaps we could determine where Pete was positioned - was he behind Paul and John or was his kit to the side of them - regardless he cannot be seen in the longer clip neither - if he was within the frame of the footage that exists i believe Peter Jackson would have included Pete in the music video because Jackson has respect for history
If you ask me Pete Best came out smelling like a rose despite people seeing him as the guy who missed out. He wound up a very wealthy man but he didn't have to deal with being one of the most famous people in the world. He's got enough of a name and a story to open some doors not available to most people if he wanted. He won at life .
You bet ya👍
Wow!!! This is a memorable interview. Pete comes across as a likable person and at this point in life not bitter nor resentful. Outstanding
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I have been a Beatles fan since 1969 when I was 8, I have never listened to a Pete Best interview. So glad I took the time. Well done, thank you for this, it gave me real insight to Pete Best the man and not just the drummer who was fired so long ago.
Pete deserved better than to have been told by Brian, at the very least the other guys should've manned up and told him themselves. Met him at a convention around fifteen years ago, really nice guy and I got an autographed drumstick! Excellent interview, thanks!👍👍
That’s the manager’s job. He needs to earn his 25%.
@@barbatkinson7347na. Don’t make excuses for them
They didn't even like him lol. Why?
@@Horsemanray They were jealous of his good looks, the girls liked him more than the others.😎
@@ARWest-bp4yb Utter nonsense. Pete’s Mom started that idiocy. He was sacked because he was a subpar drummer. It wasn’t personal. It wasn’t that they didn’t like him. They liked him fine, but it was far more important to improve the band. They had a record contract, which gave them the leverage to get a great drummer to join. So that’s what they did.
I have a lot of respect for this man . Thank you and have a good day
Me to, respect to Pete, well said..
I’m glad he finally started getting some of the royalties from the early Beatles recordings because of the Anthology series.
Pete has always come across as a laid back and cool guy. I have Beatles bootlegs with his playing and it’s raw and rough, and completely rock’n’roll. It’s his heavy bass drum style of playing that made the pun of their name actually work.
His book is out of print and expensive now. I hope he puts out an expanded edition someday so we can hear more about the early days from his perspective. His story deserves to be heard by more people
Paul made it possible for Pete to get some recompense from Anthology tracks on which Pete played. I am glad he got something out of it in the end. Ringo was what The Beatles needed, but Pete Best is still part of The Beatles story.
I would have replaced Pete but given him another job with Capital records as a PR Man going ahead of tours giving interviews, well paid by the way.
@@D800Lover Paul had nothing to do with Pete getting paid for those tracks. smh
@@Cosmo-Kramer - Not what I hear.
@@D800Lover You heard wrong. By law, Pete had to be paid for any published songs on which he played. Paul had zero power over that. And before you turn around and say, *"Oh, well, Paul didn't have to include any songs with Pete on them, but out of the goodness of his heart he did, to make things right with his old bandmate,"* that is false, because the whole purpose of the Anthology project was to publish the earliest Beatles recordings, most of which featured their original drummer, Pete. Sure, Paul could've denied Pete that payday, but in order to do so Paul would have had to put the kibash on the entire Anthology project, which would've denied Paul WAY more $$$ than Pete would've lost out on. Furthermore, don't try that other BS portion of the Paul-Fanboy narrative, that Paul called Pete with the news of Pete's payday, because he did not, Neil Aspinall did. Paul has still never spoken to Pete since the night before he was sacked in 1962, and Paul had zero to do with Pete getting paid for Anthology.
Pete seems like a good guy! I respect him! 🤟
This is easily the best interview I've seen with Pete.
Funnily enough, my Great Uncle had a similar story. He was a jockey in England during the 40's and 50's but only had moderate success due to his weight. When he was young, he was due to ride a very immature horse in the Derby called Pinza and was riding it in training every day. One morning the champion jockey of the day Sir Gordon Richards arrived at the stable to ride another much more fancied horse against my Uncle on Pinza and my Uncles horse flew past Sir Gordon's mount and won easily. Being the champion jockey, he asked my uncle the horses name and next thing you knew, Sir Gordon was riding it in the Derby and of course it won. My Uncle never really got over it and his career just drifted away. Had he won The Derby, he'd have had a very different life.
I appreciate you taking the time to watch the interview and share your own family story. It means a lot to me.
Not one of the biggest bands, Thee BIGGEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!! Get your facts straight!!!! They reign artisically, commercially, most covered band, most influential band. All that makes them the GREATEST!!!!!!!
I'm entilted to be over exicted, sorry my words effect you like that.. I didn't mean they are not bigger or greater LOL! Enjoy the clip
@rockit6553 ... Exactly! Spot on! No other band comes close. They're the only band to this day that has thousands of Beatle Tribute Bands out there. No other band can compare.
Well done for mentioning that, I was going to do the same.
Exactly right!
Right?
I met Pete, several years back a very nice man.
Great interview. I think anybody who's been fired or dumped for no good reason and with no warning can relate.
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But Pete was fired for a good reason. He was a mediocre drummer, neither great nor terrible, but was backing what were arguably the three best singer/songwriters in rock history. There was too much inequity in the group with Best.
The Beatles were a notch or two better when backed by Ringo. Harrison was the first to feel it, but John & Paul quickly followed.
Re:paulnail...Pete was not a mediocre drummer which was attested to by people in Liverpool at the time that they were together... Gerry Marsden and Bill Harry to name just two of many. He gave them their sound at that time and Liverpool drummers tried to emulate his style. They could have had any drummer they wanted at that time (except Hutch who didn't like them), and do you really think that they, as aspiring musicians and after the pivotal gig at Litherland Town Hall, would keep a mediocre drummer? They would have replaced him in a heart beat. In John Lennon's opinion the Beatles were at their Best at that time.
Ringo could play anything, and the other three liked him better than Pete. Nuff said.
Ringo is a great drummer. He was a perfect compliment for the other egos. He blended in flawlessly with their playing style. Competition stinks when you're on the losing end.
It was awesome that they included Pete in the Anthology. I mean w/o Pete and his mom there may have never BEEN the BEATLES!
Or they would have taken a different path to get where they are. Brian Epstein was the catalyst
Thanks for a great interview with Pete Best.👌
A real nice down to earth guy.
A gentleman.
So glad he thinks of all of the happy times that he had In The Beatles all those years ago.
Rock on Pete! 🥁
Hi mom Mona Best was huge help to The Beatles during this period. She had a club in the basement of their house and it was an important place for them for a brief time. She deserves some credit..
Absolutely, Mona Best played a significant role in The Beatles' early days!
Saw Pete Best at Sterns Square in Springfield, MA in 2002. Was a Thursday night bike meet up street concert that was awesome. Nice guy.
Haymans green… One of the best post Beatle albums!… PERIOD!!! Thank you, Pete! Jersey loves ya! And you have an open invitation to City Lights recording studio in Central New Jersey.
Yes, and Pete was the primary songwriter on 8 of the 11 tracks.
On the autograph Pete gave me, he wrote: "Dont forget the Casbah".
I met Pete best once briefly at the Casbah and watched him play drums. Great live drummer!
Brillant interview . I have tickets to go see The Pete Best Band in August in Liverpool 2024 .
Love you Pete
Good interview with Pete. He is not interested in the past and what happened.
Those words are so true when he talks about Today and Tomorrow.
The man lost a good friend and that is what mattered to him.
I know he will see John and George again, just as I will meet my two bandmates again.
An original Beatle, it don't get much cooler than that. Two formative years part of the greatest musical phenomenon of all time. He knew those other guys like very few ever did. Legend!
Stefan, this is a great interview with Pete! 😃🎶🥁
Thank ya Kidd, appreciate it
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You’re welcome bro!
@@artistsonrecord May I ask, when was this interview recorded? I don't need the exact day, just gimme a ballpark idea, like a week ago, a month ago, 6 months ago. Thanks.
It's good to know he has put his mind to rest; he acknowledges the fact that Ringo was the 'missing link', implying it might never have happened with him in the band, and not Ringo. The chemistry is EVERYTHING... Here endeth the lesson
The Beatles became One OF the biggest bands in the world? Who were you thinking might be bigger?
I got nervous
@@artistsonrecord😀
@@artistsonrecord Zeppelin broke a lot of Beatles records, so yeah, it's fair to say The Beatles were "one of the biggest".
Hope he gets to talk to McCartney one more time
McCartney probably thinks he's too important and famous to even consider talking to Pete. Otherwise he would have made contact already.
Pete Best is a stand up guy. He knows Lennon was one of the driving forces to push him out as the Beatles drummer. Yet, he did a nice job here not showing any bitterness.
He was a Beatle who played on some early hits. No one can take that away from him.
Good one, Pete...
Glad you enjoyed it
APPLE RECORDS NEEDS TO RELEASE AN ALBUM WITH SONGS THAT PETE IS PLAYING ON WITH PETE PAUL JOHN GEORGE ON THE FRONT COVER
Fantastic interview! What a good man is Pete! I guess would be a nice fellow to have a good conversation… for sure he could share lot of life advises and knoeledge. Cheers from Chile!
Awesome 👍 Cool down to earth. Pete Best you will always be a Beatle, and no one can never take that away from you.
Pete Best appears to be a true rock n roll gentleman.
A vital ingredient to the Beatles story, the Liverpool music scene and British music history.
If he had said "No, forget it lads, I'm not going to Germany", where would we be now?
Watch the "Some Other Guy" footage from The Cavern Club in 1962 (with Ringo). After the song people in the audience can be heard shouting "We want Pete." It just shows how much respect people had for him at that time. That respect is still as strong now.
Pete 'The Beat' Best.
Only a handful of men can proudly say they were once a Beatle, and Pete Best is one of them.
Total class act. Love Pete.
Saw Pete perform in a pub in Michigan about 12 years ago. Was a top ten night of life. A part of history up close. Pete signed a baseball, and was having a splendid time.
Pete seems a down to earth guy, and he truly was there at the beginning of the greatest band of all time.
What an amazing man! Thank you for this interview.
It must be surrreal to be Best. Hes not bitter. This's one of thee best youtube interviews of all time.
I too had got up for work about 6am and heared it when I came home later radio 1 was playing all his records and rosemary was upset
Pete Best paved the way for Ringo Starr.
I have read and heard interviews given by Pete Best and he does appear to speak fondly of Lennon. Best was interviewed by 4-4-2 Football Magazine and when asked who out of The Beatles would have made a good player, Best replied John Lennon as he had two good feet for controlling the ball.
No one on this planet can imagine what it must have been like for this man having to watch how the Beatles became what they became. His work with them was an important contribution to the foundation on which the success was even possible.
A lesser man wouldn‘t have survived this. Respect !!
BECAME one of the biggest bands in the World. They are the biggest band in the World
Pete was instrumental in getting the Beatles off the ground floor , being there during their formative days in Germany.
He was there in those crucial two years in The Beatles from August 1960 - August 1962 which saw the band start as nobodies to somebodies only to get the brutal chop less than a month from their first recording session.
Amazing he’s still alive and not fallen in the gutter.
Take a bow Pete.
Pete is a Gentleman.
And a Beatle.
Yes, Casbah is first on my list when I make it to Liverpool. Great interview.
GOD Bless PETE BEST. A real man. A good soul
Best is still a Beatle.
Absolutely 💯! Only three 3️⃣ people living today can say they were Beatles and Pete Best is one of them.
One of the biggest bands in the world!!!!!!! The biggest band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe,if George Martin hadn’t singled out Pete, telling them, Pete wasn’t good enough for recording and Martin would hire a session drummer, they would probably not have gotten rid of Pete, but Martins statement drove home the fact, if they were going to be the best band in the world, then they would need the very best drummer they could get. And they did! I still think highly of Mr. Best, he was in the greatest band of all,when they were learning their craft. Although he missed out on tremendous fame and fortune, but today every Beatles fan knows who Pete Best is, and he did finally see some millions in the Anthology years and after, all the Best to the Beatles original drummer!
Love this interview. Pete's the real deal.
Pete's is an important part of the whole historical legacy
Decent guy❤ I hope Pete gets the positive recognition as a Beatle and Liverpool Mersey Beat historian.
Good memories last a lifetime. Respect to you Pete!
Read this guys book.. Beatle:The Pete Best Story.
It will transport you to the formative years in such a vivid way.
Ive been to Liverpool three times I did not go to the Cashah Coffee Club (I didn't know then it was open)
Read the beginning of the book SHOUT and take some notes. At least eat at the Hard Days Night Hotel.
See where NEMS was. If you are there for a good amount of time go to the Walker Art Museum & Lady Lever Art Museum.
And the last ultra large Gothic Cathedral built in the world Just beautiful. I ate high quality Indian food for the first time there in 1991
it blew us away but that place had just closed the last time we visited (2010)
Nice man.
Can You Ask Pete Best some stories About Stuart Sutcliffe he was very crucial too it be amazing to hear if Stuart sang songs or if did ever draw or paint on set
This is a part one clip, we did talk about stu... Soon to be released!
I am so glad they made it right although a bit late with the money from the early sessions that were done for the anthology
A True Friend indeed.
His part in history is assured. And he’s still alive to enjoy it. Win. Win.
Hats off to Pete ! He seems like the real deal.
I can't imagine what he went through after being fired from the Beatles. They had already paid their dues, and secured a record contract. Then to be let go, watch the others become the biggest celebrities the world has ever known, and create some of the most iconic songs & albums ever made!
The very Best of interviews...thanks for uploading - liked and subscribed.
Awesome, thanks for liking and subscribing! More great interviews coming your way!
@@artistsonrecord You're very welcome and great to hear of more great interviews coming my way!
Great interview.
Thanks. You’re a great person
Pete got 6 million down the road much deserved 4 past recordings.
His royalties were apparently nowhere near this amount.
Come on Paul/Ringo give the guy a call!
And say what: "what have you been up to"? He was their drummer, not their friend. Especially Ringo...they didn't play together!
@@user-uq6sz6po3dhaving met Ringo during his rehearsals in 2006 he is the nicest down to earth guy. Ringo definitely does not owe him anything per se but perhaps Paul or
The other boys could have made a phone call so that Pete could hear from them the reasons for his sake
And closure.
It is common for bands to change personnel...Pete happened to be one of those as was Shotton, Gary, Nichol etc. linked with The Beatles...I think he's handled it pretty well over the years...and from the interviews I've seen he's a really nice bloke you could spend time with
Pete was born, Randolph Peter Scanland November 24, 1941 in
Madras, British India.
His biological father was marine engineer Donald Peter Scanland, who subsequently died during World War II.
Best's mother was training to become a doctor in the service of the Red Cross when she met Johnny Best and they got married. Pete took his step dad's surname.
During 1960, Neil Aspinall became good friends with the young Best and subsequently rented a room in the Bests' house. During one of the extended business trips of Best's stepfather, Aspinall became romantically involved with Mona and in 1962 a son, Vincent Roag Best, was born to Aspinall and Mona. Aspinall later became the Beatles' road manager and denied the story for years before publicly admitting that Roag Best was indeed his son.
I got to briefly meet Mr. Best in his trailer at the Little Steven Garage Rock show in Randall's Island (NYC) back in the 2000s. He seemed very nice and totally cool for letting some of us young knuckleheads knock a few back with his entourage before his set. Later on, got to see Big Star, Nancy Sinatra, and The Stooges from the backstage area. Probably the most fun I've ever had in a single day!
As Pete says “You gotta let go”…and he has and I wish he well…and you can never take away his memories. 🎶
Pete is spot on as usual. I met him once. My only Beatle autograph. Love to hear him.
Great interview! Pete is such a great guy, very humble and wise. He could have had an attitude or held on to resentment about things, but that's just not in his character. Thanks for sharing this interview!
Peter, your life is as valuable as that of the Beatles 'who made it'. John would give everything to be in your shoes today. Many things are so relative. Playing the music you like under one bulb or ten thousand bulbs: in the end nobody cares. If you have nice family and friends: what more could you ask for? Love you, Dirk.
always a great guy, Pete...
Tough break, but the right call. Could have been handled better, for sure. It was pretty cowardly.
As a lifetime Beatles fan I find this video amazing. I have wanted to how what he thought and had experienced for 49 years. Thank you! ☮️💟☮️💟
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Pete, you're a classy guy with integrity. All the best...no pun intended!
Blimey Pete great video and lovely life lesson to us all
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I'm happy you enjoyed the video and took something positive from it.
i am suprised he has any time for them after the way he was stitched up by them, a gracious man.
Pete finally did make miliions when the Anthology was released in 1997 .He played on some of those early tracks
I remember where I was, 9th grade Park City high school in Utah, I burned a candle with the world that night. For me, it was George, John, Ringo, and Paul. It's very odd to me that Paul and Pete are the only 2 Beatles left. Pete is always a Beatle to me. Ringo was the Johnny come lately. Thanks, Pete, for the interview.
...But what about the other drummers - the Scotland tour pre-Hamburg & the studio first 2 singles?!
You are wrong Ringo is a Beatle. You may not like it but it’s the truth.
@@graniterhythm53 What about them? None lasted more than a fortnight. Not only was Pete their drummer for 2 years, but those were also the band's most formative 2 years, during which they transformed (largely due to Pete) from the worst band in Liverpool the the top band in Liverpool and Hamburg.
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@@Cosmo-Kramer Top band in Liverpool & Hamburg, largely due to Pete, so what went wrong at EMI with George Martin I wonder?
What a great guy!
there's a lot of hard earned wisdom in pete's words. nothing but the best to you and yours PETE! i love ya!
"The Beatles, the true beginnings" Sounds like it would make one hell of a documentary. This video starts with a quote from John "Our best work was never recorded ... ... we were fantastic." Mr Starkey was on periphery, on the side-lines then - [occasionally], and Mr McCartney sometimes presents a sanitised revisionist history. This would be the real McCoy on 'our best work' from a real McCoy.
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Classy man
All best Pete! Good Luck mate.........
He deserves recognition!