Expert: Elizabeth - 10/13/2006

Question
Does Ringo Starr do anything left-handed away from the drum kit?  I'd heard he was born a lefty, and that's why he plays his fills so "differently".

Answer
Ringo does everything lefty EXCEPT play drums.  His drum set is set up the same way a righty's would be.  

If there is any reason Ringo plays fills differently, it's because he rarely did any showboat drumming.  It took the other three Beatles a lot of coaxing to get him to do that one solo on "The End."  Ringo has never been the Ginger Baker-type drummer who will go off into a seventeen minute drum feature.  He just played his thing behind the other guys, and ended up being great that way.

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