From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #433 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, December 21 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 433 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Ringo? Damn Right! [simon@icu.com] PS: Ringo? Damn Right! [simon@icu.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:13:29 -0500 From: simon@icu.com Subject: Ringo? Damn Right! Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > I'm sure that The Beatles were inducted into the Rock Hall long ago. > This year, they inducted Ringo on his own right. What the hell? > Based on what criteria does Ringo deserve to be singled out? > > Jim BECAUSE! he's Ringo, and WAS a member of the Beatles! That's all the criteria needed. Ringo is also one of the best Backbeat drummers in Rock, and was a significant influence on a whole generation of drummers. Editor MODERN DRUMMER magazine, presenting the Editor's Achievement Award to Ringo b "What is beyond question is Ringo's impact on an entire generation of drummers who first became drummers as a direct result of seeing and hearing him play in the early days of The Beatles. Literally hundreds of thousands of players -- including some of the greatest drummers playing today -- cite Ringo as their first motivating influence.b Jim, Please read And also You may well be surprised, AND learn something. AndSoItgoes, - - - - - - - - - simonM ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:21:22 -0500 From: simon@icu.com Subject: PS: Ringo? Damn Right! Jim, You might also want to read the following article. HUFFINGTON POST Dec. 20, 2014 Ringo Starr: Fifty Years Later and the Birth of the Beatles by John Whitehead Aug. 13, 2012 AndSoItGoes, - - - - - - - - - simonM ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #433 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe