The look, sound, story and dynamic of the Beatles can’t be imagined without him. Nor can their success. Tom Doyle, author and drummer, examines the unexplored depths of the one at the back from 70 different angles, one per chapter, in his new memoir ‘Ringo: A Fab Life’ and talks to us here about ….

… how he learnt to read by looking at his Dad’s Beatles singles and the one that first made him notice the drumming

... what you learn re-watching him in Peter Jackson’s Get Back

… why Ringo gave them universal appeal and his key role in their conquest of America

… supernatural brilliance: exceptional moments such as the un-slowed original Rain and “the way he makes the sound of the holes in Blackburn, Lancashire”

… the delicious Britishness of comparing Rishikesh to Butlins and the mantra the Maharishi gave him he still uses every day

… the pre-Beatles time he applied to emigrate to Texas and what stopped him doing it

… the only Beatle who could dance: the proof!

… the Lost Years and the day he had his head and eyebrows shaved

… the mortifying fate of the first recording of the four Beatles together (in 1960)

… how all four spent the rest of their lives in recovery

… what Sam Mendes might accentuate in his upcoming portrait of Ringo

... and the clip that’ll be all over the news on the day he bows out.

Plus our campaign to buy the Sentimental Journey pub starts here!

Order Tom Doyle’s ‘Ringo: A Fab Life’ here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Ringo/Tom-Doyle/9781917923132

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