Pete Best can drum

[xayraa33]

a friend of mine went to hear and see Pete Best and his band.
his drumming was very good by his report and even 44 years ago it was good, as heard on the Tony Sheridan recording of " My Bonnie "
this friend of mine was too polite to ask him of why the Beatles let him go to replace him with Ringo, who ,IMHO is no Ginger Baker.

 

[markinlondon]

Ah, Ringo. One of rock and roll's great mysteries. I like his Thomas the Tank Engine readings 🙂

 

[bobkonos]

Drummers? Make mine Moon, especially on Quadrophenia. Ringo could keep a beat and I suspect that's what John and Paul need to support their songs. And Ginger Baker still has it as evidenced by the Cream reunion concerts of may 2005. To me, the mystery is Mick Fleetwood: a drum machine can do as well IMHO.

 

[back alley]

wasn't ringo the first to 'tune' his drum and then others followed?

 

[markinlondon]

wasn't ringo the first to 'tune' his drum and then others followed?

Only in this country, I think, Joe. Jazz drummers tuned years before. I find it never pays to believe r'n'r "firsts", the recorded evidence always discredits the claim 🙂 Also, for me the thing that ruined Beatles abums was always the "Ringo track" (with the possible exception of Act Naturally on Hard Day's Night) 🙂 🙂

 

[photogdave]

Mick IS a machine. He and John play so tight together it makes me crap my pants!
I have to say though, Phil Collins is actually a great drummer. The way he plays JUST behind the beat is amazing. Especially on albums like Duke and Genesis.
Great off topic!

 

[Nick R.]

Pete Best wasn't a good enough drummer for studio work. Ringo has nearly perfect tempo. It's very important if you want to do multiple recordings of the same song and piece them together. It was the studio that insisted on using Ringo for recording sessions. They didn't care who played with the band live. Before you underestimate his talent, you might care to check out this website: 13 reasons to respect Ringo Starr

 

[Trius]

I always respected Ringo. I'm not a drumming expert by any stretch, but I never heard anything that made me say "Huh?"

He's goofy, but I thought Act Naturally was a rollicking good song. Still do. His goofiness probably was good for the Beatles.

 

[sooner]

I'm not a drummer but I admire Neil Peart and Stuart Copeland. But the most "amazing" drumming I've ever heard is on old Yes albums, blanking on the drummer's name at the moment (not White).

 

[markinlondon]

I'm not a drummer but I admire Neil Peart and Stuart Copeland. But the most "amazing" drumming I've ever heard is on old Yes albums, blanking on the drummer's name at the moment (not White).

That would be Bill Bruford, later of King Crimson and assorted UK Jazz-Rock outfits.

 

[xayraa33]

Pete Best wasn't a good enough drummer for studio work. Ringo has nearly perfect tempo. It's very important if you want to do multiple recordings of the same song and piece them together. It was the studio that insisted on using Ringo for recording sessions. They didn't care who played with the band live. Before you underestimate his talent, you might care to check out this website: 13 reasons to respect Ringo Starr

thanks for the web site Nick,
Jazz always had their hot drummers who were
never shy to be in the limelight , Gene Krupa, and Buddy Rich
come to mind.
For a Texas drummer, the author at least mentions Jerry Allison in the postscript, he forgot about Dickey Harrell and Butch White and Dude Kahn, all hot early rock n roll drummers , most from Texas.
On the other side of the pond, the late Tony Meehan and Brian Bennent do sterling work in the fantastic pre Beatles " Shadows".
As for Ringo bringing matched grip to RnR?
alot of the English drummers around London in the 1950s took drum lessons from Jim Marshall of the amplifier fame.
Mitch Mitchell was one of these kids and talked about the matched grip technique he learnt from Jim Marshall in one drum magazine write up.

 

[iml]

Ringo is a great drummer IMO, despite Macca's famous joke/comment ("Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world; he isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles"). I love his loose, open-limbed style, quite unusual in rock music, especially at the time.

I think he should be made king when Queen Liz finally kicks the bucket.

Ian

 

[xayraa33]

Ringo is a great drummer IMO, despite Macca's famous joke/comment ("Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world; he isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles"). I love his loose, open-limbed style, quite unusual in rock music, especially at the time.

I think he should be made king when Queen Liz finally kicks the bucket.

Ian

All hail to King Ringo!!