Hal Blaine (Part 2) SE: (laughs) I wanted to ask you about some of the drummers that came out of the British invasion like Ringo. What did you think of his playing? HB: Ringo did his job with The Beatles. His job was to be Ringo. Ringo hired me to do his vocal album. He was …
Hal Blaine (part 1) SE: Out of all the musicians in the wrecking crew Hal Blaine is almost a household name these days.HB: Well, you know I’ve been on so many hits obviously. I was actually in last Sunday’s Times crossword puzzle. SE: (Laughing) Really.HB: So I have really arrived! SE: I’ll say!HB: Really arrived. …