Re: Looking for a Les Paul? For buttons? - McCartney's Epiphone

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:20:14 -0400, Nil wrote:

On 16 Mar 2010, Les Cargill <lcargill99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
alt.guitar:

It's kind of a shame he got canned, but kinda not. Better drummer,
IMO.

You must look for different things in a drummer than I do. Judging from
the few existing recordings of Best, he was utterly conventional, a
total follower who could not drive the music or interact with the other
players, and worst of all... boring.


This is exactly what the book I'm reading, says Martin and the EMI guys
said about him. I dont believe I've ever heard Best play.

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