Photo Of The Day: June 6, 2008

Some of you may know that before the Beatles became successful, they had a drummer before Ringo Starr. That was Pete Best. To this day, Pete himself says he is not sure why he was sacked as their drummer. Some speculate it was because he was more of a heart throb to the teenage fans the Beatles were then courting than the other three Beatles and they wanted to quash the competition. Others speculate it was because he was not nearly as proficient a drummer as Ringo -- a point hard to argue. But it doesn't matter as much to Pete Best now. When The Beatles Anthology CD was released in the 1990s, it had a track on which Pete drummed, pulled up from the archives. Those royalties from that one track were enough to set Pete on a renewed career as a drummer with The Pete Best Band, where they perform tracks from the Beatles' Cavern Club days. For a 67 year old, you have to admit he looks pretty good. For more photos of musicians, visit Paul Scharff Photography.com.