Ringo Starr will come with Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Billy Strings and others are collaborating to celebrate his work – with a country twist – in a CBS concert special airing this spring. And whose income will be partly used for relief efforts after the wildfires in California. Ringo and Friends at the Ryman will be recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on January 14th and 15th Rodney Crowell, Mickey Guyton, Emmylou Harris, Sarah Jarosz, Jamey Johnson, Brenda Lee, Larkin Poe, Molly Tuttle and The War and Treaty, which will also join Starr on stage.
“I’m looking forward to hearing my songs in a country style and playing with this incredible group of musicians,” Ringo Starr said in a statement. ‘It will be two evenings full of peace, love and country music.’
Ringo Starr’s deep connection to country music
Starr has one right now Country album, Look upwhich was produced by T Bone Burnett. “There is not a single person in the world who has generated more goodwill than Ringo Starr,” Burnett said in a statement. He emphasized Starr’s deep connection to country music. And pointed out that many of the drummer’s vocal contributions with the Beatles “Country songs were. “’Matchbox’, ‘Honey Don’t’, ‘Act Naturally’, ‘What Goes On?’, ‘Don’t Pass Me By’. And even ‘Octopus’s Garden’ is a country song. We don’t know which country. But it’s still a country song.”
On the show, Starr will perform songs from his new album as well as some of his classic Beatles tracks and solo hits like “Boys”, Presenting “Act Naturally”, “Yellow Submarine”, “Don’t Pass Me By” and “It Don’t Come Easy”. Proceeds from the show’s release of a planned all-star performance of “With a Little Help From My Friends” will benefit the American Red Cross’ relief efforts in California following the wildfires. The special will also stream on Paramount+. An exact broadcast date has not yet been set.
Starr recently told the Rolling Stonesthat his country fandom stemmed from his love for singing cowboy Gene Autry. “I was a boy who loved films. And they had Saturday mornings for kids and one of his movies was on,” he said. “He started singing. “South of the border, down Mexico way.” And two other men on horses shouted: “Aye, yi, yi, yi“. It was just one of those musical highlights for a kid. That’s how it started.”