Ringo Talks About How The Beatles Didn't Get Along

well there were all those stories at the time there stories about almost everything yeah that's the about how you didn't get along you had one another we didn't get along we were four guys we had rows we uh it never got in the way of the music no matter how bad the row was uh once the C in we all gave our best and that was a little later too which I think is a natural thing you know suddenly we've got lives and I've got children and you know the the the effort that we put in cuz we worked really hard uh was starting to pale a little you know and you know we always thank Paul to this day because of Paul who was the workaholic of our band we made a lot more records than John and I would have made say you know uh we like to sit around a little more and then Paul would call all right Lads and we'd go in yeah you've been in the wind for a long time my friend better than having wind well I can agree with that yeah yeah yeah I have you know from 1960 when I left the factory this is what I've done you know I've played I've T made a few good records made a few good records you know and I know many people particularly people who are at the top or have been at the top who lose their Moorings they do they they lose the entities the what they come up to you haven't done that uh well thanks I hope not um I don't I think it's all part of where we came from as well and for you know I always give credit that there was you know we're talking about the Beatles there four of us I mean I was in Rory storm and the Hurricanes but there were four of us and we all from the same same city and we would look at each other you know if one of us would be freaking out or being a big shot three other people would go excuse me you know and that kept us and you know it's interesting is the time we met Elvis I really thought how sad he's on his own and he had all those people around but he was on his own I had three great mates I'm well enough of it here and but you mentioned earlier you had a god-given gift yeah time how much of it is a god-given gift and how much of it is all those hours you spent practicing I didn't I hate practicing I hate sitting there I tried it when I first got the kit upstairs in the back room you know all those movies that were made and it was the most boring thing ever I did all my learning with other musicians other bands I was lucky cuz there were a lot of us around and we weren't all great players we were all learning so I learned everything with everyone else at that time this is in Liverpool when in Liverpool yeah but I was looking in the factory the guy who lived next door to me in the street worked in the fact he was Eddie miles a great guitarist uh he just one of those guys picked it off can play anything you know and my best friend Roy had to made a TS base and I had a SN bed and brushes and we used to play to the men at lunchtime in the basement and that's how I started and now I'm talking to you you mentioned U taking risks that we take risk in life there's no good looking back and seeing might have could or should have taken this road or there but you took a big risk you were playing with the Hurricanes I was and you got a chance to go with this Beatles group yeah I know but the Hurricanes were bigger at the moment they were and but I loved from Germany where we met really we were playing Roar in hurricanes and the Beatles were playing the different clubs than the guy Kau me to own both of them put us on the same club and I loved John Paul and George I just loved that front line and you know we would do at the weekend 12 hours between us and I'd be there for the last gig you know uh just sitting there watching the front line requesting songs uh yeah so then they asked and I had no hesitation but people did say you going to leave Rory and I said yeah yeah I'm going to leave you know just make a step up I'm interested to know why that was you you like the group I did you like the music yeah they were great players they were the where uh you know Rory was a showman and we were players and we had a guitarist called Johnny Guitar who was great but that was about it really uh but we you know we were big in Liverpool and uh I just loved them so you know the thing Brian called it was a wedding day he said would you join the vend I said sure I said when he said oh tonight I said no I have to I can come Saturday cuz they've got to get another drummer cuz you know we're all playing the same songs well let's go back for for a minute even before the Hurricanes you heard lightning Hopkins you heard tub you heard Hank Williams Hank Williams all of those did you hear other the Dr drummers for example Jean kupo was a big drummer I went to see uh I think it was The Glenn Miller Story Glen uh Jean kroer was actually in it yeah but people always ask me oh what about those drummers and those records I never listened to the drummer I listened to the whole thing you know there was an Al Green track called I'm a ram and the guy hit the high boom boom boom it's like magic to me and I remember sit you know I remember those moments we sitting with clous Borman in this apartment we have in London and uh so that did but Al Jackson yes I know the names and they played on great records but it wasn't like I was listening for the drums well looking back over your career you've had it all you've had a great solo career still touring with your own man in which you put the band forward uh I was there last night when you performed and frankly a little surprising but very impressive you don't put yourself forward you put the band forward the whole band I love to be in a band I'm a band guy you're a band guy now and a drummer now help me remember I'm not a musician but do you think of yourself as a sidan or is the drummer in a special category you have the star the centerpiece well because of the Beatles and that you know I'm I am the guy it's Ringo and the all stars right but I play with all these other guys they play for me and uh it sort of worked out since 198 now be 30 years I've been doing this part of my life um next year uh when I put the first Ringo on the All Stars band together which came about how crazy some guy promoter Pepsi had got to him and say you know we'd like Ringo to do a tour that will'll support him who got to my lawyer who uh called me out of the blue and I thought yeah okay and I founded you know it was quite a big band cuz I just don't in those days the phone book and called all these Dr John Joe Walsh Billy Preston Clarence I thought that'd be good i' big Clarence to bump up against and Nils and leave on I was so insecure though I said yes I there were three drummers I was in the middle Jim kler my hero from La drummer was on this side and leeon Helm was on this side and we were just all boogieing away it's very good but you said you were insecure but I was I never put a band together together I've always been in bands joined bands the only time I put a band together was like 19 make life easy 58 and uh I was trying to put this band together I heard about this trumpet player and uh said oh man come down we'll have a rehearsal and the trumpet player did play trumpet but the only thing he could play was When the Saints Go Marching In I said uh that band fell apart really quick so you know it's good life is good

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Length: 9min 8sec (548 seconds)

Published: Fri May 10 2024