Ringo Starr: A Life Pd14/07/06
Product Code: BOB10527

Famous for providing the backbone to the Beatles, the erstwhile Richard Starkey holds a prominent position in the echelons of rock drummers. Already a successful musician by the time he was recruited to the band, his garrulous humour and dour quips provided the perfect foil for Lennon’s caustic sniping. Yet the joking masked a darker streak to Ringo Starr’s life, and later years saw him snared by the bottle and trapped in a spiral of depression, self-doubt and sickness. Ringo Starr: A Life is a rags-to-riches story of a poor boy making good. Covering his life from his deprived Liverpool upbringing to his time with the Beatles and beyond, Alan Clayson’s critically acclaimed account portrays the life of a tireless optimist, a survivor of both extremes of the economic spectrum. Exhaustive, warm and unflinchingly frank, Ringo Starr: A Life is the fascinating story of the world’s most famous drummer.