spenney  wrote:
> After listening to 'Rain' for millionth time in the last 40 years, a
> question came to mind about Ringo's clever drumming.
>
> I guess the short question is "How much creative control did Ringo
> have over his drumming on the Beatles' songs?"
>
> The detailed version of the above question goes like this: Who penned
> what Ringo played on 'Rain'? Did he improvise it himself and then
> John, Paul and George agreed that it was appropriate? or did John
> actually sit down with Ringo and tell him (or hum to him) note for
> note what he wanted?

My reply is an overgeneralization, but my sense of what I've read is
that Ringo had a lot more freedom with songs that John had written than
he did with Paul's songs.  I'd guess the "Rain" drum part is essentially
Ringo's creation.  If John had any input at all, it was probably along
the lines of "can you put a bang here and a crash there?"



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