McCartney's 3 Favorite Drummers, Who are Yours?

Charlie Watts (cant believe no one has mentioned him yet!!)
Ringo Starr when he was in The Beatles
Levon Helm

 

Roger Taylor (Queen)
Ringo
Keith Moon.

I'd also give Clem Burke (Blondie) an admirable mention.

 

Moonalice! The guy has an amazing resume, almost the Warren Haynes of drums, he shows up everywhere...

 

Keith Moon
John Bonham (a cigarette paper between the two but Moon gets the edge)

After those two I struggle, there are so many great drummers.

Ian Paice / Roger Taylor / Neil Peart / Cozy Powell / Charlie Watts etc...

Ringo was perfect for the Beatles and I don't pretend to even begin to understand the technical side of all this and who is better than who but as the OP is talking about favourite then maybe Ringo would get my number 3 spot.

 

Bonzo, Peart, and Copeland

 

charlie watts
Jim keltner
Richie hayward

 

Dave Grohl
Nigel Olsson
Moon

 

Simon Phillips, Bill Bruford, the Collins lad, whatsisname? ?

 

I know..How could anybody really?

So influential and underrated. Bruford, Collins and Peart are just 3 amazing drummers who were influencd by Michael Giles.

And his Drum Break on "Tomorrow's People" has been a staple of Hip Hop samples.

 

Keith Moon
Phil Collins
Mitch Mitchell

That's about as easy a list as I've ever made on here! Though come to think of it, I might change one or more tomorrow.

 

Mine are

1-moon
2-spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane)
3-Neal Peart

 

Levon Helm
Dennis Diken
DJ Bonebreak

 

Moon
Watts
Bonham

 

Phil Collins
Carl Palmer
Pick Withers

 

I'm guessing you mean when he isn't miming.

 

John Henry Bonham
Stewart Copeland
Neil Peart

 

Carl Palmer
Ian Paice
Ringing Starr

 

Oh come on now. Macca might name this "Top 3" in an interview, but when he puts his head on the pillow at night and thinks about it, surely he puts himself in his own Top 3. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

Charlie Watts
Glenn Kotche (Wilco)
Jim Eno (Spoon)

 

John Bonham
Neil Peart
Stewart Copeland

Ringo is nowhere close on my list of favotites.
I even rate Larry Mullen JR. higher.

 

Ringo
Chris Frantz
Eric Slick

 

Ginger Baker. Corky Laing. Keith Moon.

I've asked drummers over the years and many of them have said Ringo is their favorite.

Just for the sake naming someone different, Barry Whitwam of Herman's Hermits was a very good drummer. (And, yes, he did play on the records.)

 

He's fantastic, no doubt about it! I think maybe why I sometimes forget about him is that, to the best of my knowledge, he hasn't appeared on a whole lot of albums. In fact, I'm drawing a blank on "Tomorrow's People".

 

Ringo
John Bonham
"Bag" from 'Happy Days'