Tom Evans discusses Pete Ham's last days - Badfinger

[@amosjr4]

I feel really bad about what happened to pete and tom...we love you,guys

[@lylelylers]

Likewise! So tragic! Shame on you Stan Polley!!

[@wormsnake1]

This is a great find. Bless you Tom. You and Pete were so great together. Shame on those so called business people who have death on there hands. We will always have the songs and the timeless melodies. Never forgotten. R.I.P to both of you musical angels. And Mike Gibbons too.🙏❤️🎼.x

[@LoveArt86]

Yeah you are right they have death on their hands... such a heartbreaking story. Everytime I think of this, it brings tears in my eyes... 😢

[@davideley7253]

Don't forget the last remaining band member in Joey Molland!

[@candydale8380]

Thank you very much!! Hearing Tom's speaking voice is always so ethereal.........

[@chromeloversupplied585]

very much...

[@mariajosemj2758]

We can keep them current and alive, valuying and sharing their music and tragic history. Gloria and peace for this two young and sensitive musicians

[@tomcaroscio]

I can't give this a thumbs us because it's way too tragic! Thanks for posting.

[@jenneaneleslie1332]

I had the same problem. Thankful for the interview.

[@denisejustdenise]

Tom, the 👍 benefits the channel, shows appreciation. It is not vote in support of or against the content of the video, so never hesitate to give back in the form of a thumbs up! 😃 It means a lot to the video creator and helps with the algorithm.

[@denisejustdenise]

@@jenneaneleslie1332 Jenneane, first of all, I like your name! Very pretty spelling of that name. The 👍 benefits the channel, shows appreciation. It is not vote in support of or against the content of the video, so never hesitate to give back in the form of a thumbs up! 😃 It means a lot to the video creator and helps with the algorithm.

[@jamesheath7601]

RIP Pete and Tom great band

[@gregorybuell686]

You forgot about the drummer

[@jamesheath7601]

@@gregorybuell686 RIP him too but the other two committed suicide

[@gregorybuell686]

@@jamesheath7601 it's a shame they were a great band too

[@jamesheath7601]

@@gregorybuell686 yeah I agree, I love them

[@angelfishtiger]

Without you is my favourite song of all time ❤

[@LoveArt86]

It makes me cry 😢😢😢...

[@brianmoulton3093]

I bought this cd when it came out. I was in a long enquiries queue in the HMV Oxford Street branch, holding the cd when a woman, a good few behind me in the queue, saw the cd in my hand and so she attracted my attention and said "I see you have the same cd as me and I'm in a hurry to get back to work, so I'm wondering if your enquiry is the same as mine?". Yes it was, and no, it wasn't available on vinyl. But as I said to this woman, it's not as if we were both buying the latest Simply Red,or whoever else was big at the time. Two people buying a cd of an interview with Tom, both as the same time, seemed to me to be uncanny! She told me how she was an old friend of the band and had moved from Swansea to London with them. She clearly had loads of stories to tell, but very sadly for me, I lost her number. If you get to read this, my fleeting Badfinger friend/fan, and you recall our encounter, you now know why I never did get in touch. But maybe it's not too late? I'd still love to meet up. If you would respond to this, we could work something out!

[@micheleparker3780]

I pray you get in touch with her.,,.💖

[@HC-cb4yp]

When was this?

[@michaelholmes4374]

Very underrated band they did a lot of quality songs

[@newcastlerabbit]

I have always wondered why they didn't seek another legal expert to get more advice. Absolutely heartbreaking 😢

[@johnbsouth1]

Sad and tragic story of great musicians being trusting to their art and doing their part but getting lied to and deceived by people who would take advantage of innocence and trust, and steal their money, their souls and ultimately their will to live!

[@Thousandaire-n7o]

I have nothing but contempt for those a-holes Stan Polley and John Cass. They had less than zero value. Less. Than. Zero.

[@vickivonck5836]

Very nice to hear this!

[@veramalta5943]

Desde que soube da tragédia que terminou com a brilhante carreira do BADFINGER, não consigo parar de pensar e lamentar nos dois suicidas! Que Deus os acolha no Seu Reino e nós, seus fãs, nunca nos esqueçamos do talentoso BADFINGER! LAMENTÁVEL! 14/7/22, Vera Lucia Malta, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil! 😢😢💚💛😢😢💟🎼🌻🎵🌷🎶🌹💖👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jamesjones8572]

God bless you all. R.I.P

[@lockedin60]

It must have been a real shocker for Tom. A couple hours before you are talking to your good mate then you get a phone call and find out he is GONE! We are left with the unbearable guilt what could I have said or do to change their mind. I don't think Tom ever worked it out because he too let it grow inside of him and he also check out too soon. Brave men who just didn't know how to stop the pain or despicable Stan Polley.

[@davideley7253]

Stan Polley should have been put in jail and left to rot- he caused all of this!!!! what an arsehole!!!!

[@lockedin60]

I am surprised that Pete Ham's daughter has not gone after Stan Polley's estate

[@davideley7253]

@@lockedin60 she really should as they were robbed of a terrific future with loads of stardom and money - he took it all and was the main cause of the two main performers in the band to commit suicide - despicable!

[@cynthiadaw131]

When you take your own life, people dont care or realize that to take your own life, your have to be going through so much pain mentally that you just cant bare it no more!! Mentally its exscusiating, like a gnawing inside that so imbairable. People dont see the hurt of that person's state of being.

[@Thousandaire-n7o]

The worst part of a suicide is what preceded it. Not the suicide itself.

[@mattdylan664]

If I were Tom or Pete , Stan Polley's career would have taken a very different trajectory

[@tt14life90]

I wish they could have just walked away. Took years to get out of the trouble but they were young and talented. It's the saddest story in music. 😭

[@christophercruz8359]

You can't just "walk away" after you've signed a contract. Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

[@davideley7253]

And they were so damn talented - they still could have made a tonne of money but I guess they can't see a way out!

[@johngraham5996]

what a great band they were with fantastic tunes, what could've been? the same happened to Queen in their early days, the management team were ripping them off, barry and norman sheffield were driving around in rolls royces and the band were on they're 3rd album and being paid around £30 per week

[@danmeadows3859]

How could one person ruin two peoples lives,and live with himself??? Some people are vile. I hope their manager burns in HELL🔥

[@mibeatleman6767]

Stan Polley was paid back big time in 2009, when he developed colon cancer and succumbed to it late that year.

[@peterbrown6224]

A pox on his house.

[@annettefrazier9345]

Dan...I agree..BadFinger so UnSuNG and under rated.. Their Mgr ALAN KLEIN is in a special place 🔥🔥🔥..A Lake....And it aint Lake Michigan

[@henryb160]

@@annettefrazier9345 Aye. Klein was the worst of the worst.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@mibeatleman6767 Amen !

[@elenamillan2854]

GRACIAS.

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

Paul McCartney,,knew what was going on,, he could've looked after them, in their time of need.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

That's what I always said. Heck, why didn't other UK musicians help Badfinger.

[@kenthhamner2641]

So Paul was responsible? Don’t think so!

[@Astralpains]

Apple records n george could have too? Something i always find odd because all of the beatles were known to help there friends quite a bit. Im guessing in the end badfingers destruction was most likely ritual like most celebrity deaths

[@VideoByPatrick]

Today, a youtube "short" had paul discussing Pete and the hit song Paul gave the band (Come and Get It). Paul said it ended sadly as Pete got on top of himself... what does that phrase mean ?

[@joekavanagh7171]

​@@VideoByPatrick he didn't say that. He said he'd gone and topped himself (i.e. committed suicide)

[@JeffreyPerkins-tc5yh]

There's a brief interview with Tom on the bootleg "Unreleased and Some Released"

[@randyinghram5550]

Sad story.

[@richmel6245]

So sad....

[@richardmurphy9006]

So Sad just taken to the cleaners

[@davidclark3603]

It's absolutely awful. I'm 60odd now. I got ripped off to death back in the day. It's not a contract, it's a "contrick"!

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Should have asked the Beatles to take care of it! They were close and it could have been taken care of by hook or by crook, waste of lives!

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Agreed 100 %. Tom was a Scouser to so they really should of helped out !

[@DoofsterDan]

Weren’t the Beatles engulfed in their own lawsuits involving accounting? As I recall, Jagger had told Paul to watch out for___ but they didn’t.

[@beatleman69]

Very sad he was driven to take his own life. He had so much talent.

[@laurensaul24]

Poor souls alcohol is a depressent

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

Should have been signed to Dark Horse Records.

[@russtyler2748]

I believe that would have changed everything. George Harrison had the utmost respect for Pete’s musical abilities.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Altho' Without You is such a thoughtful tune. Their composed version was bettered.

[@rossday9333]

I respectfully disagree. although I love Harry Nilsons version. After hearing the story behind Pete's addition to the lyrics I can't not favour the original.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@rossday9333 I hear you !

[@mirrortime]

Why compare? Does everything have to be a contest? BTW, by who? Carey or Harry?

[@grahamt33]

Got any more of this interview ?

[@JamiesMemorycom]

Go to "Sound Cloud" The full interview that you can only hear part of here conducted by Glenn A Baker is there. You've probably found it by now though.

[@grandbino4703]

Read the book "Without You" guys were doomed from day 1 with Apple.😢

[@bethcrumpton476]

If I'm not mistaken, Tom was the one who cut Pete down.

[@ericdee6802]

Where did you hear that???

[@bedwarsgb4523]

I think it says in Matovinas book

[@rossday9333]

The fact Pete was due to be a father is bad enough but the fact that Tom was found hanging in a tree by his own child was heartbreaking. 😔

[@christophercruz8359]

The rope was apparently so tight around Pete's neck that Tom had to be called to either untie or cut it.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Joey Mollands wife Kathie was harassing Pete big time !

[@davidvanzant2019]

Polly should rot in

[@davidvanzant2019]

Rot

[@bettebleu6065]

efffing vultures destroy many lives.

[@dawnemerson3604]

So so sad. Stan Polley ughhh

[@mibeatleman6767]

Stan Polley got his in the end. In 2009, Polley developed colon cancer and died late that year. Peter, Tom and Mike, Rest In Peace. 🕯🕯🕯

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@mibeatleman6767 Stan had colon cancer then the animal Suffered !!

[@hungfao]

My personal feeling is the Pete had 'help'.

[@MBRMrblueroads]

I think Pete was murdered

[@Jack-russell103]

No he wasn’t

[@auramac]

You probably think Everything is a conspiracy.

[@MBRMrblueroads]

@@auramac No. But these managers can be crooked. The take out insurance policy's on these bands. So two members of the same band hang their selves? Maybe one of them but not two.

[@Jack-russell103]

@@MBRMrblueroads but we know the reasons why they hung themselves. It’s not a mystery…there’s no conspiracy here

[@SuperAnimelover100]

No he wasn't . Do your homework.