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Pic I took of the Who, 2012.
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rtslinger said:
The Beatles with session drummer Jimmie Nichol a rare photo I believe
he also tour when Ringo had is Tonsils removed


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And this guy is session drummer Andy White who recorded two songs on a Beatles album before Ringo join the band
The songs were Love Me Do and PS I Love You.
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Close. According to Paul in an interview in "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" (which I'm currently reading), Andy only played drums on the recording of "Love Me Do". Says McCartney, "Well, George Martin didn't think Ringo was a very good drummer. On all these Lila Roza, Alma Cogan records that were in vogue shortly before us, the drummers were pretty good show drummers, so producers were used to hearing a bass drum in the right place, locking in with the bass guitar like it would now. We weren't really bothered with that. Ours was very four in the bar - boom, boom, boom, boom - we used to try and break stages with it. That's what eventually got called the Mersey Beat. So Andy White was the kind of professional drummer that we weren't really used to, and George obviously thought that Ringo was a little bit out of time, a little bit unsteady on tempo. We never really had to be steady on tempo. We liked to be but it didn't matter if we slowed down or went faster, because we all went at the same time. So that was a major disappointment for Ringo."
 
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MonetBass said:
Close. According to Paul in an interview in "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" (which I'm currently reading), Andy only played on the recording of "Love Me Do". Says McCartney, "Well, George Martin didn't think Ringo was a very good drummer. On all these Lila Roza, Alma Cogan records that were in vogue shortly before us, the drummers were pretty good show drummers, so producers were used to hearing a bass drum in the right place, locking in with the bass guitar like it would now. We weren't really bothered with that. Ours was very four in the bar - boom, boom, boom, boom - we used to try and break stages with it. That's what eventually got called the Mersey Beat. So Andy White was the kind of professional drummer that we weren't really used to, and George obviously thought that Ringo was a little bit out of time, a little bit unsteady on tempo. We never really had to be steady on tempo. We liked to be but it didn't matter if we slowed down or went faster, because we all went at the same time. So that was a major disappointment for Ringo."
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P.S. I Love You" was also recorded during this session with White playing a "lightweight cha-cha-chá beat"[10] on bongos rather than drums[11][page needed] and Starr playing maracas
 
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And so there were 5
7 if you Andy and Jimi :)

There were five in all.

Colin Hanton was the very first drummer who was drummer for The Quarrymen who evolved into The Beatles. He left in 1959 after an argument.

Next came Tommy Moore who drummed with them for a whole two months before quitting and going to work in a bottle factory. Is he kicking himself maybe?

Then came Norman Chapman. He only played a few gigs with them before being called up to the armed forces.

Then came Pete Best who drummed for them quite a bit longer than the others. Pete, as we all know was let go by The Beatles just before they came on to the world stage and Beatlemania. Ouch!

Of course Richard (Ringo) Starkey (Starr) took over the drumming job and reaped all the rewards. Plus. he deserved them. I owe my long career as a professional drummer to Ringo.

So those are the drummers who sat in on drums in The Beatles history.

Below, The Quarrymen, pre Beatles. See anyone familiar?

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In his diary for March 3, 1980, John Lennon wrote: "HTV a small regional television station from England, called about a children's TV show they are developing based around a group of talking railway engines. They wanted to know if I would consider narrating it. A Beatle! Told them to f..k off."
Yet a Beatle did respond to the offer. Ringo Starr narrated the first and second series of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' and was to say, "Thomas is a smashing little engine – he's Number One and never lets anyone forget it." Ringo then became Mr Conductor for a Thomas spin-0ff 'Shining Time Station.'
thx to Bill Harry
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roccobass said:
Ol' Joanie doesn't have a lot of friends who are Zep fans…

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Apparently she didn't know Page got "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" off of her. She liked Judas Priest's cover of "Diamonds And Rust", but the checks in the mail might have had something to do with it. "Babe" was written by an American folk singer, Anne Bredon.
 
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