Tag Archives: Starr

Tom Doyle – Ringo: A Fab Life

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Johnny Mindlin

In the 70’s, he was a happy drunk … by the 80’s, he was just miserable! It is 1962. Ritchie Starkey – better known by his stage name of Ringo Starr – is widely acknowledged as the best drummer in … Continue reading →

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Philip Norman: George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Johnny Mindlin

Was George Harrison really the “Economy Beatle”? Philip Norman wrote Shout!, the first grown-up biography of The Beatles, shortly before John Lennon was murdered. People told him he was crazy, that The Fabs were yesterday’s news, that everybody already knew … Continue reading →

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