Talk:Bobby Graham (musician)

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Beatles

Saying that Epstein "chose" Graham to replace Pete Best is misleading. The story is that he offered Graham the job after he saw them play a show in Liverpool. Even if this is true, Graham would have only been one of several drummers who Epstein talked to(Including Johnny Hutch and Freddie Marsden), not the one drummer that he wanted in The Beatles. It might even have been a spur-of-the-moment thing. Regardless, it's well-documented that Ringo was the first choice of the Beatles themselves from the beginning.

I also have questions about saying Epstein eventually chose Ringo. Is there a reason to believe that Epstein was the one with the final say over who would be The Beatles' new drummer? 4.173.243.17 (talk) 05:05, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Bobby Graham's bio the Session Man (p. 85) describes the Epstein/Graham converstaion like this:

The way he (Epstein) spoke to Bobby left no doubt that he was being offered the job.

Carptrash (talk) 16:26, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I cut this out because it is the sort of thing that is (opinion) better here.

In spite of this claim, there is no other source (other than that of Grahams) that is supported. Every major Beatles reference states the decision to have been partly based on George Martin's insistence not use Best, and partly upon the other three Beatles being unsatisfied with the drumming ability of Pete Best. The Beatles had worked with Ringo Starr, and it would seem that he (Starr) was their primary, if not only, choice for replacement.

Obituary

There's an obituary in The Independent that might be useful: Bobby Graham: Session drummer who played on around 15,000 records --81.152.70.211 (talk) 20:23, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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