Enjoying Gregg fanboying out on this. I totally agree, Ringo is a great drummer, not because of flashy chops but because of taste, musicality, time and feel.

I stumbled on to this channel. Really nice to see Gregg's appreciation for Ringo and the Beatles. My friends always made the claim that Ringo wasn't a great drummer. I always said he played to support the song and not his ego. Gregg backs that up. Thank you!

"Why Ringo Starr is my favourite drummer: because he's RINGO!"

Ringo is a very unusual drummer. Lars Ulrich is a very similar drummer (bear with me here), because both will sit and listen to the music, play to the MUSIC, and write something that locks in with the music itself. It could be accenting a guitar riff, but they'll pick that out as something to push and will write something to sit alongside it. Most drummers will listen to the music, pick a particular tempo, throw fills in at the appropriate point, switch to a ride cymbal when its right etc etc. Ringo will listen to the music, and then in the case of something like Ticket To Ride, will play something that accents a particular piece of the music, like the last two notes of the main riff and he'll accent those on toms. Or Tomorrow Never Knows, he'll completely mirror the picking of Paul on the bass by playing a drum pattern that matches those picked notes exactly, or Come Together with that absolutely majestic main pattern, then switching to a kick and floor tom pattern which works PERFECTLY. I could go on and on, and Ringo could do it all. Ringo made unusual choices because he's a musician, but if it fitted the song, it was the right choice for that song.

Ringo didn't play drums; Ringo wrote pieces of music on percussion. Think what he did was easy? Try it. That's all, just try it. Try to come up with completely unique drum arrangements every single time Lennon & McCartney hand you a piece of music, and for those drum arrangements to be as unique and world-shaking as the music you've written them for!!
The man is an absolute genius, he didn't know he was in a box in the first place so thinking outside of it was absolutely no issue, his playing is so unique that anyone even trying to play with that late 60s swing feel (that Taylor Hawkins called "washing the windshield" and Abe Laboriel referred to as "swampy", both spot on) is labelled as "playing like Ringo". How many other drummers out there have a feel or a groove that is instantly recognisable as their style?!? I really can't think of any others.

Ringo made it ok for rock and pop drummers to not play drums, and not just to keep the tempo.
If Ringo hadn't been in the Beatles, they might still have been a successful band, but nowhere near as interesting. FACT.

Gregg is not only among the GOATs of playing the drums, he's also among the GOATs of TALKING about drums. People are rarely as good at doing the thing as they are at talking about the thing, or vice versa. Gregg has it all, and I'm so glad he's doing his own channel now. All of these lectures in his head must be recorded before that scratchy voice of his finally gives out!

I’m not a drummer yet I can listen to drummers talk about Ringo’s genius all day.

Ive had some musicians tell me that Ringo wasn't a good drummer that Paul played alot of drums, I tell them to play Ringos parts they can't do it, Thank you Ringo, and Thanks Gregg for this video

Ringo is really the first drummer that I know of that had a heavy, consistent bass drum.

I'm a guitarist not a drummer, but Ringo has always been my favourite drummer. So distinctive, creative and amazing feel.❤

Thanks for being part of a great group of drummers giving Ringo the respect he deserves. My whole life in Bands, 50 plus years I’ve been hearing people talking trash about Ringo. Very few drummers have completely integrated themselves into the songs like he did, I get off on scary good technique too but nothing impresses me more than a drummer who is as essential to the song as everyone else. Thanks again,Peace and love to all.

The genius is, that Ringo changes the pattern in the third and fourth verse. Thank you Greg for firing me up and letting me love to play my drums even more!

Gregg, I don't know anything about drums but I could listen to you talk about music all day long.

I have always thought that Ringo‘s BLOP at the end of that last chorus of Ticket to ride was one of the most musical and best uses of a flam in rock ‘n’ roll history. Quite humored to hear that Greg thinks the same thing! 😂 much love!

Gregg, that was amazing. You’re like a little kid in a candy store the enthusiasm behind everything you do and being so blessed to play with such a great drummer like Ringo. Thanks a lot man.

This is why I don’t get when people say ringo was not a technical drummer. He wasn’t the most advanced but I think a lot of his little isms are quite challenging for even advanced drummers. Most importantly it was musical

Ringo is one of the greatest and most influential drummers to ever live. From ticket to ride to get back, some of the patterns he came up with were brilliant! He has a very musical approach, and his playing is just sexy! Thanks Greg!

A masterclass in enthusiasm, technique and respect for Ringo by one of the best to play the drums.

We grew up in the 60's listening to the radio. My dad would have no part of me listening to the Beatles. I just loved listening and singing along with all the music back then.

Thank you, Gregg, for this great drumming appreciation video.  You have such a contagious affection for Ringo;  we can feel your emotions in your lesson.  GOD bless you, sir.

Ringo is the reason I learned to play the drums.
Thanks Greg.

Ringo was more than a drummer, he was a musician and an artist.