Just about every drummer of note hails Ringo as of the greatest ever. Seems to me that anyone who doesn’t rate him really doesn’t have a clue.
It was fantastic to see him in Get Back. He would sit patiently for ages while the others noodled and came up with stuff, then come right in with the perfect drum part. Every single time.
Absolutely. People who say bad things about this guy, or recite the famous "Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles" joke have no clue whatsoever. But it's kinda obvious where the confusion comes from as well. His lines sound simple for the general public, but more importantly, he's got three butts of the giant singer-songwriters playing in front of him and getting all the attention (he often talks about this himself).
But if you dig in and compare his playing to all The Beatles drummers we have recordings of — Pete Best, Andy White, and Jimmie Nicol — Ringo puts them all to shame, and then some. And the story of how he made it to the band is interesting and dramatic. Just everything about Ringo is cool and interesting, and yes, on top of that, he's highly professional and creative as well. One of the greatest, no doubt about it.
