Earlier this month, Ringo Starr of The Beatles, was honored at the GRAMMY Museum with a special Ringo: Peace & Love Exhibit.
For those of you that don’t know who Ringo Starr is, he is the crazy talented and world renowned drummer, singer and song writer for The Beatles. Oh yeah, and he has seven GRAMMY awards too. Some of the cuts you might remember are Don’t Let Me Down, Sentimental Journey, You Don’t Know Me, and Only You.
Ringo is also famous for his acting skills, in films like Caveman, a 1981 American comedy directed by Carl Gottlieb and Alice in Wonderland, a 1985 miniseries directed by Harry Harris.
Starr is as interesting and intriguing as they come. Even at age 72, he was fresh to deaf like a million bucks. He was funny and had much to say about his career and musical legacy with The Beatles.
“I loved it!” Ringo says with a smile. “You know, I’m really proud of the music we made and it took awhile, but we were very serious players and the results are still being played today, that’s what’s great.”
And what you probably didn’t know is…Ringo loves the blues. He loves it so much that when he was 18 living in Liverpool he wanted to move to Houston Texas because Lightin Hopkins was from there. “Life was a strange path back then,” Ringo cites, “we were just on it.”
To boot when discussing his most memorable moment about meeting Elvis in Hollywood almost fifty years ago, Ringo was not shy about his feelings for the King.
“He was just incredible,” Ringo maintains, “having come in with Bill Haley and a lot of other guys they all seemed like your dad. Elvis, for me, was the first one that wasn’t like the dad.”
Ringo’s swag is on display throughout the entire exhibit. The place is jammed packed with interactive instruments and equipment to touch and maneuver, but what caught my eye was this case of amazing clothes and a guitar.
Ringo’s fits were crazy and straight out of a comic book. From the suave and debonair velvet pants suit to the Mark and Mindy out of this world polyester get up, you would swear that Starr was related to Snoop Dog or George Clinton.
I’m just sayin…
The exhibit brings to life a multitude of memoirs and heirlooms that document the life and career of one of the dopest drummer’s of all time.
And before I forget, you gotta sing the Yellow Submarine.
Yes. An actual Yellow Submarine is on display. Just step up to the mic and sing your heart out as the words and video are played on screen.
There’s an area with turn tables, a listening station of Ringo’s biggest hits, AND you can take a drum lesson by Ringo Starr himself. It’s bananas!!
“That’s all I ever wanted to play,” Ringo admits about his love of drums, “you know what I mean, I didn’t want to play anything else.”
And we wouldn’t want it any other way.
You go, boy.
The GRAMMY Museum is fun, interactive and educational, something all music lovers will enjoy and appreciate. It is strategically designed to get young people involved in musical expression, to make sure the greatest music ever made comes to the present.
What up fam!! I’m an entertainment writer from Cali. I love good people, good food, and conversation. Follow me on Twitter at @urmediaurway. Peace!