Ringo Starr should get more recognition as a great drummer.

Posted by Wayne LaFoy on July 10, 2009 at 3:19pm in Rock Talk
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Ringo Starr is one of the greatest rock drummers of all time & should get more recognition. He gets overshadowed, by other great ones, like Ginger Baker, Keith Moon & John Bonham. Ringo made the Beatles, with his drumming skills, just as much as John, Paul & George, but his legend seems to have faded somewhat, after over 40 years sadly. All you have to do is listen to all their albums to see what I'm talking about. It's great that he will get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame next year. It's a crime that he hasn't & probably never will be, inducted into the RNRHOF, as a solo artist. Charlie Watts, Bill Ward, Joey Kramer, Phil Rudd & Alex Van Halen, gets almost the same treatement, as RS as well. Ringo Starr didn't become famous, just because he got a lucky break, as some Beatles historians, would have you believe. He's a great rock drummer, in his own right & if you don't believe me, listen to Abbey Road.

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I would have said listen to Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. But Abbey Road also has great Ringo drumming. :)

Oh yes, he certainly is a great rock drummer.

I would go one step further and say that his approach to drumming virtually invented what we have come to call "power pop".

Think about it for a minute. Think of every great power pop band you ever heard. Badfinger, Raspberries, Crowded House, whatever... What do they all share in common? The drum tracks sound like Ringo did 'em, that's what!

Good to read something like this since so often people like to make out he was dud.