McCartney Times

Ringo Starr is a beast of a drummer. Yes, Starr is a beast of a drummer. Without him, The Beatles could never have soared, without his backbeat, the band would never have called in their propulsive backbeats, and without his steady hand, the three voices would have caterwauled onstage. It’s unlikely that the band could have recorded the freewheeling Please Please Me with founding member Pete Best on percussion duties, and it’s unlikely he could have developed into the type of drummer who could flit from proto-metal (‘Helter Skelter’) to vaudeville (‘Honey Pie’) over the space of a single album.

Every drummer has their set of favourite percussionists, just as every drummer has their favourite drum performance. And for Starr, his number one performance is on ‘Rain’, the explosive rocker that was heard on the flip side of ‘Paperback Writer.’

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