Ringo goes country, again. The ex-Beatle mixes peace and love with twang and heartache on new album
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country comes naturally to Ringo Starr.It's been a low-key part of his of his career since his Beatle beginnings, so it was not a serious swerve for him to make a whole country album, the forthcoming “Look Up,” a collaboration with the modern maestro of classic country and Americana, T Bone Burnett.“I’ve done 20 albums and there’s always a track that's country-ish on each one,” the 84-year-old Starr told The Associated Press recently.His love of the music — Hank Williams and Kitty Wells are favorites — began in childhood, alongside his acquisition of affection for blues, swing and whatever else came to his hometown.“Liverpool, it’s the capital of country music in England,” Starr said, “because a lot of I think it stems from it being a port, and why we got rock ‘n’ roll music physically, was because the lads on the boats would be going to America, they’d be going to Egypt, would be going all over. But they were bringing music in.”Starr — even his stage name has cowboy vibes — had a star turn…
15 Nov 14:38 · iNFOnews.ca