Sixty years ago this month, a boy named Gary Astridge knew nothing about The Beatles. The 7-year-old was celebrating his grandmom’s birthday with his family in Buffalo, New York, when someone realized ...

Ludwig Industries will soon march to the beat of a different drummer. The 79-year-old drum-maker, which was made famous in the 1960s by the endorsement of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, is expected to ...

Ringo Starr was so proud to play a Ludwig drum set during the Beatles’ first televised appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 that he asked William F. Ludwig II to build a special set for him ...

The Ludwig family (no relation, as far as I know) emigrated from Germany to Chicago in 1897, moving into a small home on the west side. The father was a professional musician who played trombone and ...

Ringo Starr’s first Beatles drum kit sold for a record $2.2 million at an auction last week, but three Ludwig sets of his that were made in Monroe also did quite well. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim ...

Ludwig is an iconic brand in the music industry and they are made in Monroe, NC. Ludwig is an iconic brand in the music industry. With many of the most famous drummers in the world playing Ludwig ...

William F Ludwig II, who died on March 22 aged 91, ran the company that manufactured the drums made famous by Ringo Starr of the Beatles in the 1960s. When the group made its first American television ...

Ludwig has updated its 1960s flat-based stands in line with popular retro trends. The Atlas Classic series is practical, stylish and boasts many clever and genuinely useful design details.

The Beatles replace their first drummer with Ringo and then quickly shot to international fame. Coincidence? It doesn’t seem like it. He might have taken a (literal) back seat to Paul McCartney, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In December 1970 Led Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham had just taken delivery of a brand new Ludwig drum kit. It was ...