The presence of Presley looms over this recording: Elvis's first guitarist, Scotty Moore, was the engineer at Music City Recorders, a studio he partly owned, and the King's backup boys, the Jordanaires, harmonize smartly behind Ringo. This had been a back-burner idea of his for a while, and he selected the songs with input from his parents, particularly his mother.Ĭountry music has always suited Starr's wry warble best, and with the encouragement of legendary pedal-steel session man Pete Drake, he recorded his second solo album, Beaucoups of Blues, in Nashville, a city he'd somehow never visited before. Right after the Beatles' traumatic dissolution, Starr briefly swerved away from rock entirely, recording a batch of pre-rock standards like "Night and Day," "Stardust" and his debut solo album's title track, "Sentimental Journey." Hardly the best fit for his modest vocal gifts, true, but charming regardless - plus, the recriminations and lawsuits that followed the band's split would make anyone long for a simpler time. Catch up with the career of our cover star with these 20 songs. In the latter role, he’s released 20 studio albums - including, Postcards From Paradise in 2015 and What’s My Name in 2019 - and several books. Starr’s 2015 Award for Musical Excellence at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony gave the drummer some well-deserved, and long-overdue, props as both a sideman and a solo artist. Since the Beatles called it quits in 1970, the three men who stood in front of the stage have had no problem building their legacies - John Lennon wrote the iconic “Imagine” and “Give Peace a Chance,” George Harrison released All Things Must Pass and spent time as a Traveling Wilbury, Paul McCartney headlines Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.ĭrummer Ringo Starr, alas, has not been afforded the same luxury: After a string of hit singles in the early Seventies, he’s mostly been out of the musical spotlight, reappearing as a consummate session man (he’s drummed for Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Ben Harper among others) or as a voice actor.
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