Ringo Starr Excerpted from his Change the World Press Conference Charlie Watts was a beautiful human being—a great guy and a lot of fun. He had a harder band than I did to keep together. He was like the quiet man. In the ’70s, I had parties, and you’ll never find any photos, because I wouldn’t let you take photos, you know, in my house. But I always think, “This would have been a great shot to have…” You see, I had a drum kit up in the attic—it was like a cinema attic, music, whatever you want to do up there. Charlie came, and so did John Bonham. We’ve got three drummers just hanging out. Bonham got on the kit, but it’s not like onstage where you nail them down so they’re steady. It was just, like, there. So, as he was playing, the bass drum was hopping away […]

October 2021 Issue