Ringo Starr advises his grandchildren to play in a band – Show-Biz / Boulevard

Drummer Ringo Starr played concerts with the Beatles in clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg for years before the now legendary band achieved their breakthrough. The 84-year-old recommends his grandchildren take a similar path to make a career in the music industry.

“I advise them: Find someone at school and just play together,” said Starr to the German Press Agency in London. “That’s why there are now four drummers in my family.”

Competing with other bands was educational

It was particularly instructive that the Beatles appeared in competition with many other groups at the beginning of their career. “It was like a fight. “That was cool,” recalls the drummer and singer, who has just released his new country album “Look Up”.

«It went back and forth between two bands for twelve hours at the weekend. And that’s how you learn to play properly.” To this day, Ringo regularly plays drums and appears on stage.

The Beatles legend is convinced that many aspiring musicians today lack such formative experiences. “A lot of these people on the TV shows can sing really well, but they often don’t know what happens next,” said Ringo.

If you look at all the number one hits from these shows, after a few months no one talks about them anymore. “There are only very few who really become stars.”

Proud of his time with the Beatles

This year Ringo Starr will be touring again with his All Starr Band and, as always, he will be playing many Beatles songs. He is proud of his time as part of the “Fab Four”. “We just did it back then. We had no idea that it would go through the roof like it did. But we loved that it happened that way. But besides all the hype, we also released some wonderful songs. I still love it to this day.”

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