Ringo rocks: Black Crowes' Steve Gorman
Steve Gorman, the groove machine that purred behind the kit for the Black Crowes, is the latest drummer to pay tribute this week to Ringo Starr as he tells why the Beatles icon is his favourite player.
Not just that, but also why when it comes to Ringo, Steve is on the same page as Levon Helm.
"With music and musicians, there is no 'best', really. It's all subjective. So what we have, ultimately, are our favourites. Ringo Starr has always been, and will always be, my favourite.
"In 1971, when I was five years old, my brother, Tom, gave me three of his old Beatles albums – Meet The Beatles, Help, and Rubber Soul. I played Help first - I thought the gatefold was cool. When Ticket to Ride kicked in, I started air drumming. I didn't even know what air drumming was, but suddenly I was doing it.
"I kept on listening to those three albums. Over and over and over. And I kept on air drumming. Within two or three years I had acquired the rest of the Beatles catalogue - no small trick for a kid making 25 cents a week allowance. And I air drummed them all.
"My clearest memories of childhood are of listening to records in my basement. And for the first few years, I listened exclusively to Beatles records. That music, and more importantly, that drumming, is hard wired into me in a way that no other music could possibly compete with.
By: Rich Chamberlain
Source: Music Radar
