McCartney Times

When The Beatles called it quits, John, Paul, and George were set to continue on musically. So set that they could take whatever came next on the road for however long, and sell out any hockey arena.

But what was a Ringo to do? He hardly ever wrote anything, so taking the Monkees route and making some albums with songs written for him by other people seemed to work.

But hitting the road and playing live was a completely different story. Beatlemania is still not a force to be taken lightly, but even the goofy one knew that it was a hell of a risk to take as a drummer. With the possible exception of Buddy Rich or Phil Collins, there weren’t—and probably still aren’t—too many drummers that fans would pay good money to see bang on things live.

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