Beatles drummer Pete Best on David Letterman (Part 2)

An interview with Pete Best from "Late Night with David Letterman" on July 14th, 1982. He was replaced by Ringo just before the Beatles made it big. This is Part 2. Use keywords: 'Pete Best Letterman' to find Part 1.

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• Beatle
• drummer

[llorensl]

Seems like a classy guy.

[pnutbutrncrackers]

What weirdos were in the audience? Makes me feel ashamed to be an American. Should've ushered them out and tested them for drugs.

[teppie3000]

Right on Pete Best!!

[taypar11]

I met Pete in Austin, Texas in 2008 when he was touring with a band doing Beatle songs. She was selling T-shirts, drum sticks ect. with his daughter and we talked for a few minutes. Very nice man. But the act was bad. He drummed, but not well. He didn't sing a song, had some younger kids doing that, but I can't fault him for trying to make a few bucks off of this past. THE REAL 5TH BEATLE IS JIMMY NICOL!!! Check out my article on Jimmy in the 1984 issue of Modern Drummer mag.

[bd9598]

@ratchetxrc Exactly

[bd9598]

@wjv4me No they liked Ringo better in the band, that's it, plain and simple.

[bd9598]

@NomadRepublic Well where are stories of the drummer he replaced and others that were there for a bit and it did not work out, this happens, and has with many groups. It's life.

[bd9598]

@liarsclub75 From the time this was recorded it was probably canned laughter, they used it all of the time on shows, mechanical recordings, so it might not have been the audience.

[BarryDennen12]

"Where were you on the night of December 8th, Pete? You know where I think you were? 8 feet behind John Lennon".

[TheCocky69]

This audience is so dumb

[1957pinup]

In the 2008 movie "The Rocker," about a hair band drummer who gets kicked out of the group just before they make it very big, the booted drummer sits at a bus stop in one scene coming home from his lame job, and Pete Best in a cameo is the man sitting next to him.

[jbyesterday]

I had the pleasure & thrill of meeting Mr.Best while touring with The Quarrymen as their guest bass player in 2008 & opening(along with The Cryers) for The Pete Best Band at The Sellersville Theatre in Pa. I will never forget how gracious he was when introduced to me during our soundchecks & how even more impressed I felt seeing him again 8 hours later when I asked to photograph with him & he not only said yes, but remembered my name . Pete Best - a truly "Class Act" !!