Ringo was drumming for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes in 1962 when Brian Epstein — manager of fellow Liverpudlians, The Beatles
— asked Starr to fill in for Pete Best for a show at The Cavern Club.
After several more temporary gigs with John, Paul, and George, Epstein
asked Starr to join the band permanently. And immediately.
“We [Starr and his Hurricanes bandmates] had a gig with Rory, who had
a three month residence in Butlins holiday camp in England,” recalls
Starr. “Halfway through that, Brian phoned me and said, ‘Would you join
The Beatles?'”
“I said, ‘When?'” and he said ‘tonight,’ which was Wednesday,”
continued Starr. “I can’t just leave the band… I’ll leave Rory, but I’m
not going to leave him, like, NOW. So I left on Saturday.”
The move was still abrupt, but the transition was easy; both The
Beatles and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were cover bands playing the
same songs, making finding a replacement drummer for Starr an easy task.
And as they say, the rest is history. A history that has led Ringo to
his second induction into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame, this time as a
solo artist.
No comments:
Post a Comment