Ringo - Other Instruments ?

mikestop · Post by **mikestop** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:19 am

Was Ringo ever known to have played anything other than Percussive Instruments on any Beatle recordings?

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:28 am

Good Question!

The only thing that comes to my mind is Ringo playing a bit of piano on the movie Let It Be.

35012 · Post by **35012** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:35 am

He did play lead guitar in WMGGW...

bosifis · Post by **bosifis** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:47 am

I read that he played the organ on "I'm Looking Through You". Though, I believe it was on the earlier take, because I don't hear an organ on the album version.

byu · Post by **byu** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:29 am

He did play organ on "I'm Looking Through You".

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:54 am

He also helped play the last piano chord on "A Day In The Life."

Hey, it's SOMEthing...

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:09 pm

Sir Isaac: Few people realize that Ringo taught Eric everything he knows...

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:44 pm

Eric Burdon?

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:07 pm

Erik the Bike Man.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:17 pm

Before joining The Beatles, Ringo was one of Liverpool's hottest guitarists. In fact, Ringo was the inspiration for an English teenager named Eric Clapton to first pick up the instrument. Later, many of the famous Beatle guitar riffs - played by Ringo - were credited to either John, Paul or George. This didn't sit well with Ringo and was one of the reasons he left the band to start his chain of beauty salons. The rest, as they say, is history.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:24 pm

Huh, and all this time I thought Ringo's first name was Johnny and that he was an infamous gunslinger in the old west.

JimK

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:26 pm

That part came after the beauty salons.

loves4003 · Post by **loves4003** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:06 am

When Paul died in a car crash in 1966, Ringo took over bass. A Ringo-lookalike was hired to replace him on drums.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:17 am

Hah! You guys were all a day early for the April Fool's jokes!

35012 · Post by **35012** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:52 am

In reality, Ringo started a chain of hair saloons, hence the frequent gunfights...