loping

The former Beatles drummer, 84, is at the hotel in West Hollywood shooting photos for a country record he’s finishing up with producer T Bone Burnett — a kind of sequel, half a century later, to 1970’s “Beaucoups of Blues,” which itself built on his lead-vocal turns with the Fab Four in a cover of Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally” and in the White Album’s loping “Don’t Pass Me By,” which he wrote.

A few times we came across a three-legged coyote, affectionately known by locals as Tripod, loping along the empty road.

While Samson had a rhythmic gait, the wolf’s loping seemed to change every few seconds as he adjusted his stride for the terrain.

“The Ballad of Paladin,” a loping instrumental, was used as the theme for the CBS television series “Have Gun — Will Travel.”

People get hurt in this movie, but “DogMan,” loping along like one of its pups, doesn’t linger over the violence.