Posted on 07/15/2023 5:21:06 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Back in 2008, a journalist asked Ringo Starr what he wanted for his birthday. “Peace and love,” Starr replied. Ringo is so beloved that, these days, every July 7, social media is filled with “peace and love” tags for Ringo’s birthday.
Ringo — one of the few “one name” celebrities — was 68 that year (he’s 82 now). He brings his still youthful stellar musicianship, along with his “All Starr” band, to Benaroya Hall for an Oct. 11 concert. (Starr tested positive for the coronavirus and had to cancel and reschedule several stops on his tour this week. As of this writing, the Seattle show is still scheduled, but best to check online closer to the date of the show.)
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Ringo admits to beating up his wife, Barbara Bach, so bad in the 1980s, he thought she was dead.
He was drunk at the time. The beating is why he checked into rehab.
No, Danny Seraphine was The Best Ever.
He, Danny, had one problem though, he wasn’t in The Who or uh, that other band. Plus he was irretrievably nuts.
OK, two problems...
Meanwhile, Ringo is turning out really well at having perhaps the longest career of rock drummers, which is good.
How about Hal Blaine? He might not be the best but was certainly the most recorded.
The “Perfessor”…
RIP, Neal…
It’s not easy for a drummer not to trip over Paul’s melodic bass lines.
If you’re going to mention Peart, you have to mention the drummer that made Peart change his style in the 80s, Stewart Copeland.
Underrated: Larry Mullin, Jr. (U2)
Overrated: Dave Grohl (I'm not a drummer, maybe I just don't get it).
Grohl was pretty darn good on The Queens of The Stone Age’s “No One Knows”.
Ringo was the best drummer for the Beatles.
His work on Rain is probably his best as far as drum fills.
A solid drummer who elevates the rest of the band without showing off is a great drummer.
Ringo did that.
Totally agree on that. A Keith Moon type wouldn’t have worked with The Beatles, and vice versa.
Try to imagine “I Can’t Explain” without Moonie’s drumming, it just wouldn’t be the same.
Karen Carpenter started out as a drummer and was considered pretty good. She started in 1964, after joining her high school marching band in order to get out of gym class.
She persuaded her band director to let her switch from glockenspiel to the drums, despite concerns that ‘girls don’t play drums’.
Ringo listened and said "But John, there's two drummers on this one."
John said, "Aw, you can do it Ringo"
And he did (though not in the video shoot).
Genius of Ringo Starr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDY-YeNTcE4
Mickey Dolenz was underrated, IMO. He wasn’t a great drummer, but he did OK for having had to learn how to play drums after he was cast as one of The Monkees.
Another underrated drummer......Karen Carpenter.
One of my favorite drummers is Terry Chambers of XTC, on their early albums. Just listen to his work on “Generals and Majors” and “Ball And Chain”.
Yep, it was only A&M’s Herp Alpert who convinced her to sing, she had intended to be the drummer only. The first record was remarkably jazzy, very unlike what Richard and Karen would ultimately be known for.
Follow-on to above, Ringo innovated more than he gets credit for. His cymbal work on I Feel Fine might be the closest thing to Stewart Copeland till the Police. He was playing double kick-bass on Good Morning, Good Morning decades before death metal. His fills on Rain and A Day In The Life are routinely cited by accomplished rock drummers as groundbreaking revelations.
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