Ringo Starr

I was wondering if there were any Ringo threads anywhere! I love Ringo. He is by far my favorite drummer. He doesn't try to take over a song, but he does give as much backbone to it as it needs. To point out a few of his particularly good tunes.........

I Feel Fine- the drum part on this song is quite complicated, yet he stays steady on through.

Rain- I really like the fills he puts in this song, bouncing around between snare and tom(s)

Helter Skelter- his work on this song sounds almost heavy metal, with the loud, bashing rhythm (and the part at the end where he yells "I've got blisters on my fingers!")

Come Together- I like the parts before the verses where he circles from ride to hi-hat to toms and back again.

Here Comes the Sun- this is a rather complicated drum part that he again did perfectly. I believe the tempos change throughout the song.

Those are it for now. I could go on for a lot longer, but I won't. DON'T BASH RINGO! haha.

Seconded on I Feel Fine!!! One of my favorite Drum Ringo songs
 
I like it when Ringo, places a rag/towel on his rack tom to get that deep/low tone in some of the songs. Besides, "You Really Got A Hold On Me" is one of my favourite ones.
 
"Ringo is one of the greatest rock drummers. There were times when he’d get in the middle of a drum fill and not know how to get out, and that’s what made it great. -Kenn Scott

"Regarding Ringo's drums, this was the first time I was able to record his kit in stereo because we were using eight-track instead of four-track. Because of this, I had more mic inputs, so I could mic from underneath the toms, place more mics around the kit - the sound of his drums were finally captured in full.

"I think when he heard this, he kind of perked up and played more forcefully on the toms, and with more creativity."-Geoff Emerick on Abbey Road

"Ringo's tom fills really make the song, but funnily enough, he hated doing them because he could never remember what he was did one take to the next. I think that's why his fills are so spectacular - he felt that he would never reproduce them, so he'd better get 'em right." -Geoff Emerick on Here Comes The Sun

"And then, of course, we get to the famous parts of The End, the drum solo and the three-way guitar solos. The thing that always amused me was how much persuasion it took to get Ringo to play that solo. Usually, you have to try to talk drummers out of doing solos! [laughs] He didn't want to do it, but everybody said, 'No, no, it'll be fantastic!' So he gave in - and turned in a bloody marvelous performance! It took a while to get right, and I think Paul helped with some ideas, but it's fantastic. I always want to hear more - that's how good it is. It's so musical, it's not just a drummer going off." -Geoff Emerick on The End



Sources: 1-http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazi...ith_The_Beatles_Inside_the_Studio.aspx?Page=2
2-http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/beatles-engineer-geoff-emerick-on-abbey-road-219542/6
 
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Mike McCartney -- "There were quite a few drummers around Liverpool and I used to go home and tell Paul about Ringo. I often saw him play with Rory Storm. ...With Rory he was a very inventive drummer. He goes around the drums like crazy. He doesn't just hit them -- he invents sounds." (1983 interview for The Beatles: A Celebration by Geoffrey Guilliano, 1992)
 
One thing Ringo definitely deserves that he doesn't often get credited for is making drumming mainstream.

Sure, there were drummers before him, many of them more innovative but I'd love to see a statistic that shows just how many of the drummers of the 60's, 70's and 80's in particular started drumming because of Ringo Starr.

Even many of today's generation look up to him as an idol, I recall watching a movie not long ago called Love Actually here Liam Neesons kid wanted to be just like Ringo Starr and learn't drums in the movie. From working around kids in the past I can tell you, many kids like that still exist.
 
Clever drummer, clever man. No one, can beat that slush hi-hat sound of Ringo.
 

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No one can deny he made drumming cool for the masses
 
I like it when Ringo, places a rag/towel on his rack tom to get that deep/low tone in some of the songs. Besides, "You Really Got A Hold On Me" is one of my favourite ones.

I've been listening to his drumming for years and loving that deep hollow kind of dead sound of his toms in some songs, and i just recently figured out how he did it, i love that sound more than anything.

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Just rebrushed some Beatles Videos.

If you see, how Ringo holds the pace in this shuffle with the right lead and nails down the backbeat on the snare while singing during three minutes: not sure, if all these Ringo-ney-sayers can really do that too....i think it's great and very prof:

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/ringoactnaturally.html

also jamming with Eric Clapton and Carl Perkins:

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/ringoperkinsclapton.html

and giving some real pounding after 1:20 minute with Long Tall Sally - Swedish Television:

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/ringolongtallsally.html

then also the first filmed appearance Cavern Club - Liverpool: some Other Guy..

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/ringosomeotherguy.html



Love Ringo

Bernhard
 
I was listening to some early Beatles the other day. I was always impressed with the energy they brought to those early shows. Then I realized, that energy was Ringo. He helped to make that band.

The video on these is great Bernard, thanks for that.
 
Ya, thats a pretty tight shuffle, come to think of it.. nice volume control and accenting..

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I've been playing for 40+ years after having been inspired by Ringo. I have an older sister who was one of those screaming teenage fans of the Beatles She turned me onto all of the 60's music.I actually remember the original Ed Sullivan performances. I just started a few months ago in a band laying mostly 60's covers. I walked into the local shop "Drums Etc in Lancaster PA about a month ago and fell for a Ludwig Fab-4 kit. They had it marked down new to $499 for the shell kit. Today I walked out with it thanks to my Wife and Daughter as a Father's day present. It doesn't make me any closer being as good as Ringo, but it will inspire me to improve. And I have to learn to play with one less tom now. Kind of funny I'm selling an English kit, a Premier to be more like my British drum hero. Spiney
 
As much as I love Paice's drumming. Ian Paice is also called - A Real Heavy Ringo, by Deep Purple's guitar player.

Bernhard - Thanks for those videos! Ringo's beat and feel are amazing, who dares to drum-battle Ringo?

Love Ringo

Bernhard
 
Aside from his drumming for now, I think he was underrated as a singer. Ringo did not have a great range like John Lennon or Paul McCartney. BUT Ringo's voice was perfect for country/rockabilly music.

Just listen to these songs:

Beaucoups of Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cnPbhGshWs

Love Don't Last Long: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFMU4lLQjjE

Fastest Growing Heartache In The West: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBP2-t8CqPM

Woman Of The Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyPsH2Gn17M

Waiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJQ-gVRJ-A

Act Naturally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjmb30wI88A

Honey Don't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknPaGRNVpc

What Goes On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI-AgIMEMEQ

Don't Pass Me By: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsZjHeQRX-M

Not a country song, but a nice cover of I Call Your Name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKn9jBXibQ

I don't think he can sing well now, because he's almost 70. But back then, his voice was underrated.
 
Ringo and friends return to Niagara
Andrew Baulcomb
Jun 24, 2010

Forty years ago, Ringo Starr walked out of Abbey Road Studios for the last time as a member of the Beatles.

It was a dark time for the band, and a dark time for music lovers, but you'd never know it the way Starr (who turns 70 next month) still rolls through the classics with a smile on his face and a peace sign held high.

"I hope it's this full on Thursday," said the legendary Liverpudlian, showing off his trademark wit and boyish smile at a media event at Fallsview Casino yesterday.

Tonight is the first of two sold-out shows in the casino's 1,500-seat Avalon Ballroom for Starr and His All-Starr Band -- comprised of Rick Derringer (of The McCoys), Edgar Winter (Free Ride, Frankenstein), Richard Page (of Mr. Mister), Wally Palmar (of The Romantics), Gary Wright (Dream Weaver) and Gregg Bissonette (of Santana).

Starr's latest solo disc, Y Not, was released in January, and has already become his highest charting album since the mid-1970s.

The band is using the Avalon Ballroom as a warmup for their upcoming North American tour, which will hit 30 cities during the next two months.

Sharply dressed in a black leather jacket, black jeans and sunglasses, Starr led the band as it ripped through a brief selection of songs from the upcoming tour, including a number of old favourites.

"To keep you all happy, I'm going to do one from behind the drums now," said Starr, climbing behind the kit for a quick snippet of Boys -- a staple from the Beatles' early days.

Other tracks included The Other Side of Liverpool, a rollicking trip down memory lane from Y Not, and Starr's most famous track, the Lennon/McCartney-penned With a Little Help From My Friends.

This is the 11th incarnation of Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, which originally formed in 1989 and released its first live album a year later.

"We're like a 1-800 band in a live setting," said Starr, relaxing on stage with his bandmates. "You have to have hits to get in, and you can't go wrong with guys like Edgar and Rick."

Past members have included Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Burton Cummings, Peter Frampton and Jack Bruce of Cream, but Starr said he never gets tired of performing with new All-Starrs.

"It's always the same; we have a lot of fun and it's a great evening out."

Winter, who joined the band in 2006, said he was thrilled when Starr first invited him on-board.

"I was like, 'Wow, Ringo, yeah!' when I got the call," Winter said. "Ringo for life!"

Bissonette linked up with the All-Starrs in 2008, and said drumming alongside one of his idols is a thrill that can't be beat.

"I don't ever want to step on Ringo; he's my favourite drummer," he said. "To me, he's the greatest drummer in the world, and the reason I play the instrument is because of him."


Throughout the tour, fans can expect a number of non-Beatles hits from the other All-Starrs -- such as Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, What I Like About You and Hang On Sloopy -- with Starr assuming his classic position behind the drum kit, right beside Bissonette.

With his 70th birthday less than two weeks away, Starr is asking that everybody flash a peace sign at noon on July 7 to help celebrate.

That night, the All-Starrs will play to a sold-out crowd at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, not far from the Ed Sullivan Theatre where Starr and the Beatles made their television debut in America.

It's been a long, wild ride since those heady days, but how long can Starr keep it up?

"As long as I can hold these two sticks, I'll do it."


Source: http://www.thespec.com/Entertainment/article/795195
 
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