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Friday, July 7, 2017
When the Beatles first crashed onto the American music scene, a reporter asked the seemingly innocent question, "How do you find America?" To which drummer Ringo Starr replied, "Turn left at Greenland." The reporter was, of course, asking how the Fab Four liked America but, always the jokester, Starr delivered the first of many tongue-in-cheek Ringo-isms that Americans would come to know and love him for. His sense of humor has always been one of his most adorable traits - to me anyway.

"America," Ringo said, "it's like Britain, but with buttons." He also said, "I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one." Perhaps his most famous quote is the one he gave shortly after being greeted by throngs of screaming fans on his first visit in 1964. "So this is America," he said. "They must be out of their minds."

Ringo must have 'found' that he liked America. He stayed here and kept on playing, becoming one of the top ten drummers in the world. He's played drums for former bandmates George Harrison and John Lennon (Yoko too) and dozens of other American and British rock bands. Today he tours with his group Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, which features some of the most iconic rock & roll players of our time. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice - once for his work with the Beatles (1988) and again for his solo career (2013).

"First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things" Ringo said once. "But I didn't play drums to make money." At age 77, Ringo Starr is the richest drummer of all time. He's still "bashing" at those drums and still not doing it for the money. For Ringo, it's always been about the music.

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