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The latter Sixties were a time of tremendous growth for the band in direction.

I’ve often wondered how it would have sounded had George taken the microphone instead of Paul. This song is often overlooked on the Beatles for Sale album but it is probably the disc’s most love-filled moment.Īnother Starr cover for the next disc is “Act Naturally” which comes close to matching the teamwork of “Honey Don’t,” only this time McCartney crashes the party to sing backup. And just when you think the sweetest little moment has passed, Ringo requests more from George, a request with which he dutifully complies. Starr even registers approval during the first break. “Ah, rock on, George, one time for me…” is one of the drummer’s calls which Harrison crafts into his own signature. Instead George’s rockabilly guitar work is encouraged by Ringo throughout the song, making one almost forget that there are two other members of the band who are silently sitting out this spotlight for their friends. It was silly.” The first “spiritual” moment between these men occurs on a cover of the Carl Perkins song “Honey Don’t.” This is a true duet, although George never sings. Can you imagine the Rolling Stones going on tour: ‘Oh sorry Mick, you can’t come.’ I couldn’t understand it. I don’t see why we should do it, and I’m not going to.’ It took Brian ’s and my persuasion to tell George that if he didn’t do it he was letting everybody down.” George may have agreed to tour but he wasn’t happy about it: “With all respect to Jimmy – we shouldn’t have gone on tour without Ringo. George is a very loyal person and he said, ‘If Ringo’s not part of the group, it’s not the Beatles. According to their producer, George Martin: “They nearly didn’t go on the Australian tour. One such instance occurred in 1964, when Ringo came down with tonsillitis and the plan was to tour temporarily with a chap named Jimmy Nicol on drums. While the band was uniformly tight, it seems in retrospect that George was very protective of Ringo’s stature within the group. It becomes a musical “must have” to hear Ringo shout “Alright, George!” before the guitar solo which Harrison rips through with joyous intensity for the times (1963).

The first melodic kinship between George Harrison and Ringo Starr comes to light in the band’s cover of “Boys” on the first album. I talked to Paul, then John, until they came round to the idea.” It’s an ironic relationship: Harrison was the youngest member of the band, while Starr was the oldest. George said: “I was quite responsible for stirring things up. Through the subsequent early tours, it has also been said that George would make John or Paul share a room with Ringo so that they grow closer and so that Ringo felt more of a part of the band. It was George who also took a black eye defending Ringo when Pete’s legion of fans were not happy and tried to whack his replacement. After all, it was George Harrison who was the first to suggest that Richard Starkey (aka: Ringo Starr) join the group and replace the band’s original drummer, Pete Best. But there is another brotherhood that rarely gets mention, a true musical expression of love and respect between the remaining members of the Fab Four.