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Ringo - Other Instruments ?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:19 am
by mikestop
Was Ringo ever known to have played anything other than Percussive Instruments on any Beatle recordings?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:28 am
by jamie
Good Question!
The only thing that comes to my mind is Ringo playing a bit of piano on the movie Let It Be.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:35 am
by 35012
He did play lead guitar in WMGGW...
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:47 am
by bosifis
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:29 am
by byu
He did play organ on "I'm Looking Through You".
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:54 am
by lyle_from_minneapolis
He also helped play the last piano chord on "A Day In The Life."
Hey, it's SOMEthing...
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:09 pm
by randyz
Sir Isaac: Few people realize that Ringo taught Eric everything he knows...
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:44 pm
by jps
Eric Burdon?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:07 pm
by lyle_from_minneapolis
Erik the Bike Man.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:17 pm
by brammy
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:24 pm
by jimk
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
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:26 pm
by brammy
That part came after the beauty salons.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:06 am
by loves4003
When Paul died in a car crash in 1966, Ringo took over bass. A Ringo-lookalike was hired to replace him on drums.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:17 am
by beatlefreak
Hah! You guys were all a day early for the April Fool's jokes!
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:52 am
by 35012
In reality, Ringo started a chain of hair saloons, hence the frequent gunfights...