Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr's eldest child — and the Who's drummer since 1996 — Zak Starkey, who turns 57 today (September 13th)!!! Zak, whose mother was the late-Maureen Cox, was the second “Beatle baby” born, following John and Cynthia Lennon's son Julian Lennon who was born in 1963. Ringo and Maureen went on to have two more children — Jason in 1967 and Lee in 1970 — prior to the couple's 1975 divorce. In August 2016, Zak became a grandfather, when Ringo's great-grandson Stone Zakamo Low, was born to Zak's daughter Tatia Starkey and her partner Adam Low.
Back on March 21st, Starkey, married his girlfriend of 18 years, musician Sharna “Sshh” Liguz, at L.A.'s Sunset Marquis. The couple chose the date to fall on daughter Luna Lee Lightnin's first birthday. Zak was given away by his Beatle dad, with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder serving as his best man.
In addition to the Who, Zak has drummed for his dad's All Starr Band, Oasis, the Waterboys, Johnny Marr & The Healers, among others. Zak is also the guitarist in his own side group, SSHH, with wife Sharna Liguz, fronting the band. In 2016, the couple released their first album titled, Issues, with all proceeds going to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust. For each track on the covers album, Zak and Sshh tapped heavyweights from the bands who originally recorded it — including drummer Clem Burke on Blondie's “One Way Or Another,” bassist Glen Matlock and drummer Paul Cook on the Sex Pistols' “Problems,” Kenney Jones on the Small Faces' “Tin Soldier,” Mott The Hoople & Bad Company's Mick Ralphs on “All The Young Dudes,” the Pretenders' Martin Chambers on “Private Life,” along with Eddie Vedder with Peter Tosh's Word Sound And Power tackling “Get Up Stand Up,” among others.