The Starr Festival Snare - Modern Drummer Magazine

The Starr Festival Snare

On May 12, 1963, Ringo Starr received a 5.5×14 oyster black pearl Ludwig Jazz Festival snare. This drum was seen and heard by millions of Beatles fans, and it became an object of obsession for many generations of drummers that followed. One of those drummers is historian Gary Astridge. Astridge—who wrote the piece on Ringo’s […]
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October 2019 Issue