What a voice this man has. Vowels so flat, you imagine they've been dropped from a tall building on to a hard surface. Strong Liverpool accent, with every word as murky as the Mersey, as if he suffers a permanent head cold. Not much variation in volume, emphasis or inflection, but with regular deadly deployment of the pregnant pause, giving the impression of an extremely dry, deadpan sense of humour.How are you, Ringo? "I'm doing great, thank you," he says from a posh suite in Hollywood's London Hotel. "And I must say, how lovely to hear your voice. I've been sittin' here in this hotel room, just waiting for your call."Yes, that's right. I'm talking to Ringo Starr - the famous gentleman who was once a fixture on kids' TV as the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine. Also, come to think of it, he spent most of the 1960s whacking the drums for a little quartet with a dopey "rhythmic insect" name: The Beatles. You may have heard of them.
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