Why John Lennon felt closest to Ringo Starr after The Beatles

Why John Lennon felt closest to Ringo Starr after The Beatles

The relationships between John Lennon and his bandmates in The Beatles were a funny thing. Extremely tight, but at the same time, also extremely brittle. For John Lennon’s part, his own bonds were no different. With George Harrison, he was amiable, if sometimes a little distant. With Paul McCartney… well, we don’t really even need to go there, but with Ringo Starr? He felt they were like brothers. Fickle, but with a deep-rooted bedrock of love f…