How The Beatles Got Ringo's Massive Drum Sound on 'Rain'

After nearly a decade of strong work with The Beatles, could Ringo Starr pick one song with his favorite drumming? Ringo did, and he pointed to a track that never made it on a Beatles studio album. The song he picked was “Rain,” the B-side to 1966’s “Paperback Writer” single.

“I think it was the first time I used this trick of starting a break by hitting the hi-hat first instead of going directly to a drum off the hi-hat,” Ringo said in the Paul McCartney biography Many Years From Now. “I think I just played amazing.”

Indeed, Ringo shows off a few of his tricks on “Rain,” which John Lennon wrote (with an assist from Paul). But mostly it’s the energy Ringo brings to his fills that made the song such a highlight for him. And the track kicks off with a Ringo break.

Source: cheatsheet.com

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