I have always liked The Beatles and the way they changed the world.  I have been face-to-face with all four of them before, and am going to see Ringo's band in a couple of weeks.
 
Ringo does not get enough credit.  He brought a new playing style to rock, and The Beatles would have sounded very different without him.
 
A few days ago, I felt the drums in a song I was working on were too straight ahead and boring.  I asked myself, "How would Ringo play this?"  The result—whether or not Ringo would approve—was less ordinary without being weird.
 
As most scholars and historians agree, I am the second coolest guy on Earth.  Ringo is #1.

Before he joined the Beatles, Ringo was a local session player in Liverpool who would always sit in if a bands regular drummer couldn't make it.

I'm sure if he was as crap as history has labelled him then he wouldn't have been getting the gigs.

What "history" lists him as crap??  I can't say as I've ever heard anyone really disparage ol Ringo.  Who dast call him crap? 

Could some of you antiques please tell me who Ringo is and what are The Beatles?

John (or Paul) once got a question if Ringo was the best drummer in the world. The Answer was " He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles....."

According to Geoff Emerick's book, Ringo would play it with a pack of cigarettes on the snare.  

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RogerH


John (or Paul) once got a question if Ringo was the best drummer in the world. The Answer was " He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles....."

John was the one who said this but if he ever believed it to be true, the entire group found out his worth during the recording of Back in the USSR.  Paul, John, and George each took a crack at the drums after Ringo left the group in a bit of a snit.   They thought they could get along without him but Back in the USSR just would not come together rhythmically for them.  They ended up sending Ringo a telegram begging him to come back. 

You can't keep lending him more money on the never never.

So I say no.

Anyway my brother asked Pete Best if he was glad he was working in a job centre rather than being famous with the Beatles. Apparently he would have preferred the latter.
 
He always had the look of a man who won the lottery but lost the ticket.

I concur on Ringo. Such a great range of technique.