By 1962 when Ringo Starr met The Beatles face to face for the first time, the drummer was a member of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, which was a famous Liverpool band too. Both groups were working in Germany and as Starr recalled in an interview with Dan Rather on AXS TV (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) back in 2018, he felt really connected when he first met John, George and Ringo. So he really wasn't afraid of leaving Rory Storm at the time after he was invited by The Beatles to join them. How Ringo Starr felt the first time he met The Beatles members "They were (The Hurricanes were bigger at the moment). I met (The Beatles) in Germany. I was playing with Rory and The Hurricanes and The Beatles were playing (there in) different clubs. The guy who own both of them put us in the same club and I loved John, Paul and George. I just loved that front line. I'd be there for the last gig, just sitting there watching the front line, requesting songs." "So then they asked (me to join). I had no hesitation but people did say 'You gonna leave Rory?' And I said 'Yeah, yeah, I'm going to leave'. You know, just make a step up. (I liked The Beatles and their music) they were great players. Rory was a showman and we were players. We had a guitarist called Johnny Guitar who was great but that was about it, really. But we were big in Liverpool and I just loved them," Ringo Starr said. He prefers to be member of a group and it was actually Pepsi who pushed him to for the "All Starr Band" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srwxJUXPHvE&pp=ygUPY2FuIGJ1dCBtZSBsb3Zl During the same interview, the musician recalled that it was actually Pepsi that indirectly made him form the "All Starr Band" in the late 90s. The soda company got in touch with his lawyer at the time and said they would like to promote a Ringo tour and that's when the musician decided to form a band composed by famous Rock stars. He also talked about how he prefers to be a band member rather than a solo act. "I love to be in a band, I'm a band guy. Because of The Beatles and all that, I'm the guy. It's Ringo and the All Starrs. But I play with all these other guys and they play for me and it sort of worked out since 1989. Some crazy promoter, Pepsi had got to him and said: 'You know, we'd like Ringo to do a tour, we will support him'. (He reached) my lawyer who called out of the blue. I thought 'Yeah, ok'." He continued: "I (opened the phone book) and called all these (people). Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Billy Preston, Clarence (I thought that'd be good) and Nils. I was so insecure though I said yes, there were three drummers. I was in the middle, Jim Keltner my hero was on this side and Levon Helm was (on the other side). We were all just boogieing away. (It was) very good. (I was insecure because) I never put a band together, I've always been in bands, joined bands." "The only time I had put a band together was like in 1958. I heard about this trumpet player and I said 'Hey man, come down. We'll have a rehearsal". The trumpet player did play trumpet but the only thing he could play was 'When the Saints Go Marching In' (laughs). So that band fell apart really quick," Ringo Starr said. Since the late 80s, Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band continues to tour around the world and many incredible artists were members of the group.The post How Ringo Starr felt the first time he met The Beatles members appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Born in Liverpool, England back in 1940, Ringo Starr started his musical career at an early age in 1957 and curiously learned to play the drums mainly in the spare time he had with his colleagues while he worked at a factory. Those moments were crucial to develop his technique and eventually become a member of The Beatles five years later in 1962. But curiously, Starr hates to practice and he revealed in an interview with Dan Rather on AXS TV (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) back in 2018 that he really learned the drums without practicing. How Ringo Starr learned to play the drums without practicing "I didn't, I hate practicing, I hate sitting there. I tried it when I first got the kit. It was the most boring thing ever, I did all my learning with other musicians, other bands. I was lucky because there was a lot of us around and we weren't all great players. We were learning so I learned everything with everyone else at the time in Liverpool." "I was looking at the factory, the guy who lived next door to me in the street, worked in a factory. He was Eddie Miles, great guitarist. He was just one of those guys who could pick it up and could play anything. My best friend, Roy, had a bass, I had a snare drum and brushes. We used to play to the man at lunchtime in the basement. That's how I started and now I'm talking to you". He continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7opmWof02uE&pp=ygUfcmluZ28gc3RhcnIgd2VpZ2h0IG9mIHRoZSB3b3JsZA%3D%3D "I never listened to the drummer, I listened to the whole thing (on records). There was an Al Green track called 'I'm A Ram" and the guy hit the higher 'boom, boom, tiss', it's like magic to me. I remember those moments, we were sitting with Klaus Voorman in this apartment we have in London. So that did, but Al Jackson, and yes I know the names and they played on great records. But it wasn't like I was listening for the drums," Ringo Starr said. Besides his work with The Beatles, Starr recorded with many other artists over the decades and released 20 studio albums. The most recent one is "What's My Name" in 2019 but since then the musician has released some EPs.The post How Ringo Starr learned to play the drums without practicing appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is currently promoting his new covers album "Orgy Of The Damned", which has only versions of famous Blues songs. The new single released is "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and has the pop star Demi Lovato on vocals. That track was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1972 and first released by the band Undisputed Truth. Since then it has been covered by several artists like The Temptations, for example. Hear the Slash version for "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" featuring Demi Lovato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9F14ZuwC94 Besides Demi Lovato, Slash's new record also has names like Chris Robinson, Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers and Brian Johnson. Orgy Of The Damned setlist "The Pusher" (featuring Chris Robinson) "Crossroads" (featuring Gary Clark Jr.) "Hoochie Coochie Man" (featuring Billy Gibbons) "Oh Well" (featuring Chris Stapleton) "Key to the Highway" (featuring Dorothy) "Awful Dream" (featuring Iggy Pop) "Born Under a Bad Sign" (featuring Paul Rodgers) "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (featuring Demi Lovato) "Killing Floor" (featuring Brian Johnson) "Living for the City" (featuring Tash Neal) "Stormy Monday" (featuring Beth Hart) "Metal Chestnut" (Original Slash song) Demi Lovato was born in 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and started her career in 2002. She was a Disney star at first and then released many studio albums that made her a really famous pop star. She already released 8 studio albums, the most recent one being "Holy Fvck" in 2022, with Rock and Roll influences.The post Slash releases “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” cover feat. Demi Lovato appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

When you think about great American songwriters, certainly two names that will be mentioned are Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. The Country musician, nicknamed "The Man In Black", was born 9 years before Dylan but his musical career started in 1954, only three years before the Folk Rock artist. They were both big fans of each other and great friends. But what Bob Dylan really said over the decades about Cash's work? Bob Dylan's opinion on Johnny Cash In 2003, after Johnny Cash's passing at the age of 71, Bob Dylan was asked to send a statement to Rolling Stone. The musician said that he believed it wasn't enough to only say that Cash was a king, for example. He said that he really was a "North Star you could guide your ship by". He also recalled that Cash was a big fan of his work and even defended him when critics said he couldn't sing. Johnny sent them a letter telling them to "shut up" and didn't even know Dylan in person at the time. "I was asked to give a statement on Johnny’s passing. (I) thought about writing a piece instead called 'Cash Is King,' because that is the way I really feel. In plain terms, Johnny was and is the North Star; you could guide your ship by him. The greatest of the greats then and now. I first met him in ’62 or ’63 and saw him a lot in those years. Not so much recently, but in some kind of way he was with me more than people I see every day." He continued: "There wasn’t much music media in the early Sixties, and Sing Out! was the magazine covering all things folk in character. The editors had published a letter chastising me for the direction my music was going. Johnny wrote the magazine back an open letter telling the editors to shut up and let me sing, that I knew what I was doing. This was before I had ever met him, and the letter meant the world to me. I’ve kept the magazine to this day," Bob Dylan said. They were really good friends and performed together many times live and in the studio. Probably their most famous collaboration was in the song "Girl From The North Country". That track was written and recorded by Dylan. But not long after that he made a new version as a duet with Cash, being featured on the 1969 album "Nashville Skyline". Cash also covered many Dylan songs such as "Blowin' In The Wind", "Forever Young", "It Ain't Me Babe" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". Bob Dylan said that one of his favorite Johnny Cash songs was "Big River" https://youtu.be/PqADZ9TNURI Dylan was a big fan of Cash and in the conversation with Rolling Stone recalled that he first heard him on the radio when "Walk The Line" was a big hit in 1955. But in an interview for the documentary "No Direction Home" released in 2005, the musician recalled the joy of meeting Johnny and said that "Big River" was one of his favorite songs from him. He even said that only by hearing one line from that song, he would get the chills. "Johnny Cash was by that time, if not now, maybe the epitome of Country music. He was the living ultimate end and also I loved all his Gospel songs too. Meeting him at that point (In the 60s) a high thrill of a lifetime. His songs meant a lot to me. Even that line 'I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota' (From the song 'Big River')." "I mean, that would just give me the chills every time I heard that. We would see each other time to time, here and there. We would get together and find songs out, a lot just went by in a blur," Bob Dylan said. Dylan really loved Johnny Cash and also in the Martin Scorsese documentary "No Direction Home" said that he felt like the musician was like a religious figure to him.The post Bob Dylan’s opinion on Johnny Cash appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Michael Cohen's lengthy cross-examination is having a major effect on Donald Trump's hush-money trial, legal analysts have said. David Ring, a partner in the Taylor & Ring law firm in Los Angeles, told Newsweek that the jury's attitude to Trump will largely determine how they view Cohen's many personal failings. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024, is the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case. He has pleaded not guilty to...

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