With Zac, el primer hijo de Ringo Star. La foto está hecha despues de un concierto en el que tocaba la batería con el cantatante de The WHO en Pontevedra (España) With Zac, first Ringo's son after a performance in Pontevedra ( Spain) .................................................... Tiene una buena biografía: Look his biograpy Biography: ( from Wikipedia) Zak Starkey (born September 15, 1965) is in the current lineup and likes, as rock & roll drummer, of the celebrated Britpop band Oasis. Before that he had also worked with prominent acts such as The Who (who he still sometimes works with) and Johnny Marr. Zak is the first-born son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) and his first wife, Maureen Cox. He was born in London, England. Starkey received his first small starter drum kit from his father, although legend mistakenly reports that it came from his idol, Keith Moon of The Who. Keith did however give Zak his first massive professional kit - one previously used by Moon with The Who. Nearly 20 years after Moon's death, Starkey was invited to become the drummer in the touring version of The Who. By the age of 12, Starkey was already performing in pubs with a band. In his teens, Starkey was a member of the garage act the Next. He eventually landed work with a re-formed Spencer Davis Group. In 1985, shortly after getting married, Starkey released a musical version of Wind in the Willows with Eddie Hardin. On September 7, 1985, his daughter was born making his father, Ringo Starr, the youngest grandfather of all Beatles' members. He suffered the tragic loss of his mother in 1994 when she died of leukemia, despite a bone marrow transplant in which Zak was the donor. At the age of eight, he became interested in music. At ten, he started teaching himself how to play drums after receiving only one lesson from his famous father, who reportedly did not want him following in his footsteps. Although Ringo praises his son's undeniable skills and talents, he said about his son's musical dedication and endeavour that he "always regarded Zak as a lawyer or as a doctor", not a drummer like himself. Despite Zak's popular father, his middle name isn't "[comma] son of Ringo [comma]" and he actually has a long and varied list of credits to his name. Zak had established himself as a sought-after session musician and as a gifted and proven drummer, playing drums for artists such as Icicle Works, the Waterboys, ASAP, and the Lightning Seeds. In 1996, Starkey left his band Face, to fulfill a childhood dream of joining The Who. He has received very good reviews in this role - especially from Townshend, Daltrey and Entwistle - for being a strong drumming presence but without explicitly imitating Moon. Image:Zak04.jpgIn addition, he continued to work with other acts, including touring with the Lightning Seeds. In 2000 Starkey was a founding member of Johnny Marr & the Healers, debuting with Boomslang three years later.
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